Plurals of Spanish Articles

Los Plurales

Ejemplos

Ejemplos:

• El estudiante -> los estudiantes

• La estudiante -> las estudiantes

• Un profesor -> unos profesores

• Una profesora -> unas profesoras

Sustantivos

To pluralize nouns in Spanish, add s to nouns that end in a vowel or es to nouns that end in a consonant.
libro (book) -> libros (books)
marcador (marker) -> marcadores (markers)
For nouns that end in z, you must change the z to c before adding es.
lápiz (pencil) -> lápices (pencils)

​- Name of Author

When pluralizing a noun in Spanish, you must also pluralize the article.

Definite Articles

Remember that "el" and "la" both mean “the.”  "El" comes before masculine nouns and "la" comes before feminine nouns.  When a noun is plural, you must use the plural form of the article.

For masculine nouns el -> los

For feminine nouns la -> las
"Los" and "las" also translate to "the"

Multiple Choice

escritorio

• el

• la

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

bandera

• el

• la

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

mochilas (plural)

• el

• la

• los

• las

Multiple Choice

teclados (plural)

• el

• la

• los

• las

Indefinite Articles

"un" and "una" are the masculine and feminine indefinite articles. They translate to "a" or "an."

When followed by plural nouns,
un->unos
una->unas
"unos" and "unas" translate to "some"

Indefinite Articles

Definite and indefinite articles follow a parallel pattern for masculine, feminine, singular, and plural. Use definite articles when talking about specific nouns and indefinite articles when talking about general nouns.

Definite Articles

	S	P
M	​el	los​
F	​la	las​

	S	P
M	​un	unos
F	​una	unas

Multiple Choice

a backpack

• la mochila

• una mochila

• las mochila

• unas mochila

Multiple Choice

some desks

• el escritorio

• un escritorio

• los escritorios

• unos escritorios

Multiple Choice

a keyboard

• un teclado

• una teclado

• unos teclado

• unas teclado

Multiple Choice

some flags

• un bandera

• una bandera

• unos banderas

• unas banderas

Open Ended

What questions do you have about this topic before we have a quiz?