Spanish Duolingo Unit 1 Indefinite article

How to say "a" in Spanish

Duolingo Spanish Unit 1

un = a

una = a

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Ejemplos

un niño = a boy

una niña = a girl

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Why two words for "a"?

Gender. If the word is masculine, you need to use "un". If the word if feminine, you need to use "una".

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is the masculine Spanish word for a. ​

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is the feminine Spanish word for a.

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un

una

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Why are there two words for "a" in Spanish?

• gender

• Because Spanish is a more complex language than English.

• To make Spanish more difficult to learn.

• To punish Spanish students.

How do you know the gender of a word?

Generally words (nouns) that end in "o" are masculine. Words (nouns) that end in "a" are generally feminine.

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Words (nouns) that end in the letter​

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are generally masculine. Words that end in the letter ​

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are usually feminine.

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o

a

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Masculine or feminine? Piso (floor)

• masculine

• feminine

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Masculine or feminine? ventana (window)

• feminine

• masculine

Sometimes you just need to memorize the gender of a word.

Not all words end with "o" or "a". For example, "lápiz" does not end with "o" or "a". "Lápiz" is masculine.

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Masculine or feminine? lápiz (pencil)

• feminine

• masculine

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Masculine or feminine? pupitre (student desk)

• feminine

• masculine

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a boy

• un niño

• un niña

• el niño

• una niño

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a dog

• un perro

• das perro

• una perrita

• el perro

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a supermarket

• un supermercado

• una supermercado

• el supermercado

• al supermercado

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a salad

• una ensalada

• un ensalada

• la ensalada

• el ensalada

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a pencil

• un lápiz

• una lápiz

• el lápiz

• un lápizo

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hombre, ​

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mujer

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un

una

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a student desk

• un pupitre

• una pupitre

• el pupitre

• la pupitre

So how do you say "a", in Spanish?

un and una mean the

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The Spanish words for "a" are

• un, una

• el, la

Use un with words that end with o.

un supermercado

un taco

un carro

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Use una with words that end with a.

una mesa

una papa

una puerta

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All of these mean "a"

una mesa un supermercado

una papa un taco

una puerta un carro

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Match

Match the following

• una mesa

• una puerta

• una papa

• un supermercado

• un taco

a table

a door

a potato

a supermarket

a taco

• a table

• a door

• a potato

• a supermarket

• a taco