Los sustantivos y artículos

Sustantivos y artículos

Multiple Choice

¿Qué es un sustantivo? (What is a noun)

• A noun is an action word.

• A noun names a person, place, thing, or idea

• A noun describes/modifies other words

• A noun replaces other words in order to avoid repetition.

Sustantivos- nouns

​In Spanish, nouns have 2 characteristics

1. Gender- femenine or masculine

2. Number- Singular (one) or plural (many).

   1. HIGHLIGHT this in your notes packet.

Fill in the Blanks

Use your notes to answer the questions- Spanish nouns that are masculine often end with which letters? Use commas to separate them.

Sustativos Masculinos

​In class, you will study nouns with the endings.

1. -o (living and non-living things)

2. -or (living things)

3. -ema (non-living things)

4. -s (non-living things)

   HIGHLIGHT THESE in your notes.

Fill in the Blanks

Use your notes to find the femenine endings for nouns.

Sustantivos- femeninos

​En la clase, we will see mostly nouns with these endings.

1. -a (living and non-living things)

2. -ora (living things)

3. -dad (non-living things)

4. -ción (non-living things)

   1. HIGHLIGHT ALL OF these in your notes.

Multiple Choice

¿Cuál sustantivo es masculino?

• gato (cat)

• canción (song)

• nacionalidad (nationality)

• amistad (friendship)

Sustantivos y número

​Los sustantivos son...

1. Singular- one

2. Plural- more than one

Multiple Choice

Usa los apuntes (use your notes) para contestar la pregunta (to answer the question): Para formar el plural, si el sustantivo termina en vocal, añade.....

to form the plural, if the noun end in a vowel, yo add

• an -ces

• an -es

• an -s

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

Usa los apuntes (use your notes) para contestar la pregunta (to answer the question): Para formar el plural, si el sustantivo termina en -z, cambias la -z a.....

to form the plural, if the noun end in a -z, you switch the z to a/an....

• an -ces

• an -es

• an -s

• none of the above

Multiple Choice

Usa los apuntes (use your notes) para contestar la pregunta (to answer the question): Para formar el plural, si el sustantivo termina en consonante, añade.....

to form the plural, if the noun end in a consonant, you add

• an -ces

• an -es

• an -s

• none of the above

Los Artículos

Multiple Choice

What is an article?

• A word that is directly next to a noun and explain or identifies it

• a word that appears before a noun to declare if it is specific or general

• a word that appears before a verb to modify the verb

• None of the above

Los artículos

​En español, hay dos clases de artículos

1. Definidos- refers to SPECIFIC items- highlight this in your notes.

   1. Translates to the article "the" in English

​	​Singular	​Plural
​Masculino	​el	​los
​Femenino	​la	​las

Los artículos

​En español, hay dos clases de artículos

1. Indefinidos- refers to NONSPECIFIC people or items- highlight this in your notes.

   1. Translates to the article "a" or an"an"in English

​	​Singular	​Plural
​Masculino	​un	​unos
​Femenino	​una	​unas

Los sustantovos y los artículos both have the same characteristics- meaning they are either singular or plural, male or female.... so, you match the article to the noun ONLY IF THE CHARACTERISTICS match.
Ejemplo: profesor

Profesor is singular.... only one.
Profesor is also masculine, it ends in -or

So, we can only use the definite artile el or the indefinite article un depending of whether we are talking about a specific profesor or non-specific profesor.

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Las dos características

Open Ended

pick a spanish noun that you remember from last year.... write it down with its corresponding definite and indefinite articles for both singular and plural forms.

Ejemplo: libro (book)

el libro

los libros

un libro

unos libros