Artículos singulares

What is a noun?• A person• A place• A thing

Gender•Gender refers to:oMasculineoFemenine

Masculino• In Spanish, words that end

with the letter “o” are masculineoEj: Mario

Feminine• In Spanish, words that end with the letter “a” are feminineoEj: Maria

Memorize• Nouns that do not end in letter o or a must be

memorized with the appropriate article to determine gender.

• masculine = el hombre, el profesor • feminine = la mujer

Articles• In Spanish, all nouns are

accompanied by an article. oEj: The

Artículos defenidos• Definite articles are el and laoMasculine: EloFeminine: La

Artículos defenidos• El and La mean the in English

Artículos indefenidos• The indefinite articles are un and unaoMasculine: unoFemenine: una

Artículos indefenidos• Un and una mean a or an in

English