1. Sustantivos femeninos en a, ha inicial Identifying items.

2. Las reglas Feminine nouns that begin with a stressed a, á or the silent h followed by a stress a take the masculine definite article el or the indefinite article un. el aguael águilaEl área el armael hachael ala el hambre

3. The reason such nouns take these articles is that it would be difficult to pronounce the two vowels -la a, una a- together.

4. Despite taking the masculine article the nouns are still feminine and therefore the plural articles are used in the feminine form, unas and las respectively. las aguaslas águilaslas áreas las armaslas hachaslas alas

5. ¿Cómo usamos los adjectivos entonces? The adjectives that we use to describe these words will follow the same rules as if they took the feminine article. -El agua es potable -Las aguas turbulentas del mar pueden ser peligrosas.