Indefinite

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Spanish 1: page 61 book

Definite Articles: THE

Definite articles (THE) are used with nouns to
indicate SPECIFIC persons, places, or things.
Example: El chico (The boy) means we are
talking about a specific boy.

Indefinite Articles: A, SOME

INDEFINITE articles are used with nouns to
indicate NONSPECIFIC persons, places or
things.
Ex. Una chica (a girl). we are not talking about
a specific person.

Practice/Examples
Example: El Chico es un amigo. El (definite article) un (indefinite
article).
Practice:
El hombre es un estudiante que le gusta comer las papas fritas.
(the man is a student that likes to eat the french fries).
La chica es una estudiante muy buena.
find the definite article(s) in the sentences above.
How many are there? Any indefinite articles?

Gender and number

In spanish, articles match nouns in gender and
number.
Gender: ALL Spanish nouns are either
MASCULINE or FEMININE.
example: nouns ending in O = MASCULINE
nouns ending in A = FEMININE

Definite article chart

Singular

EL

M
LA
F

Plural

LOS
LAS

Indefinite Articles Chart

SINGULAR

M UN
F UNA

PLURAL

UNOS
UNAS

Examples: Gender and Number

Los libros son para la maestra.
(The books are for the teacher.)

El jugo es para la chica.

Plural
to form the plural of a noun
if the noun ends in a vowel, add -s
example: Hombre : Hombres
If the noun ends in a consonant, add -es
example: Mujer : Mujeres

Practice
Activity 5: DEFINITE articles
Activity 8: SER and INDEFINITE articles.