Singluar articles

1. Artículos
singulares

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

3. Gender
• Gender refers to:
oMasculine
oFemenine

4. Masculino
• In Spanish, words that end with
the letter “o” are masculine
oEj: Mario

5. Feminine
• In Spanish, words that end
with the letter “a” are feminine
oEj: Maria

6. 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

7. Articles
• In Spanish, all nouns are
accompanied by an article.
oEj: The

8. Artículos defenidos
• Definite articles are el and la
oMasculine: El
oFeminine: La

9. Artículos defenidos
• El and La mean the in English

10. Artículos indefenidos
• The indefinite articles are
un and una
oMasculine: un
oFemenine: una

11. Artículos indefenidos
• Un and una mean a or an in
English