Transcript Nouns

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Realidades 1
Nouns
NOUNS
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Nouns refer to people,
animals, places, and
things.
NOUNS
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In Spanish, nouns have
gender. They are either
masculine or feminine.
Masculine / Feminine
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Most nouns that end in
-o are masculine.
Masculine / Feminine
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Most nouns that end in -a
are feminine.
Masculine / Feminine
For example:
el libro
la calculadora
 An exception: el día
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Other Spanish Nouns
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Other Spanish nouns end
in -e or a consonant.
Other Spanish Nouns
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For example:
el cine el marcador
la clase la televisión
Other Spanish Nouns
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Some can be both
masculine and feminine:
el/la estudiante
Making Nouns Plural
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To make nouns plural you usually add
-s to words ending in a vowel and -es to
words ending in a consonant.
silla
sillas
teclado
teclados
cartel
carteles
Making Nouns Plural
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Singular nouns that end in z change the
z to c in the plural.
El lápiz
los lápices
Definite Articles
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El , La , Los and Las are
called definite articles.
 In English they mean
“the”
Definite Articles
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We use El and Los with
masculine nouns and La
and Las with feminine
nouns.
Indefinite Articles
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Un, Una, Unos, and Unas
are indefinite articles.
Indefinite Articles
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Un and Una mean
“a or an” in English.
Indefinite Articles
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Unos and Unas mean
“some” in English.
Indefinite Articles
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Un and Unos are
masculine and Una and
Unas are feminine.
It’s a good idea to
learn a noun with its
definite article, el or
la, because that will
usually tell you the
gender.