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Thursday, September 10, 2015

Nouns

Nouns

In spanish, the nouns are masculine or femenine. The ways to distinguish between them are as follows.

Masculine Nouns

When do we use it?
Example
Noun ends with “o”
El candado 
Noun ends with “n”
El panteón
Noun ends with “r”
El creador
Noun ends with “l”
El plantel
Noun ends with “aje”
El traje
Males
El hombre
Cardinal directions
El sur
Days of the week
El martes
Ordinal numbers
El quinto
Names of oceans and mountains
El Pacífico

Feminine Nouns


When do we use it?
Example
Noun ends with “a”
La silla
Noun ends with “d”
La creatividad
Noun ends with “z”
La luz
Females
La mujer
Letters of the alphabet
La C

Plural Forms

Nouns that end with a vowel

If the noun ends with a,e,i,o,u, then just add "s".

Examples:
El libro - Los libros
The books - The books

La niña - Las niñas
The girl - The girls

Nouns that end with a consonant

If the noun ends with consonants (l,n,r) then just add "es".

Examples:
El color - Los colores
The color - The colors

La canción - Las canciones
The song - The songs

Tuesday, September 8, 2015

The articles

The articles in spanish helps us to indicate the gender of the noun, as well as the number of nouns.

The articles in spanish

Definite articles

The definite  masculine articles are "el" and "los". The definite feminine articles are "la" and "las".

  • They are used before the noun. 
Me gustan los perros. 
I like the dogs.
  • They are used to refer a definite noun. 

Juanita juega con la muñeca.
Juanita plays with the doll. 


More examples

El carro azul está muy viejo.
The blue car is very old.

Los carros azules están muy viejos.
The blue cars are very old. 

La manzana es roja.
The apple is red.

Las manzanas son rojas.
The apples are red. 


Indefinite articles

The indefinite masculine articles are "un" and "unos". The definite feminine  articles are "una" and "unas".

  • They are used after the verb "Haber". 
Hay unos perros afuera. 
There are some dogs outside.
  • They are used to refer a non definite noun. 

Juanita juega con una muñeca.
Juanita plays with a doll. 


More examples

Un amigo está en la ciudad.
One friend is in the city.

Unos amigos están en la ciudad.
Some friends are in the city. 

Una casa debe estar limpia.
One house must be clean.

Unas casas deben estar limpias. son rojas.
Some houses must be clean.