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Nouns

2. NOUNS
Nouns refer to people, animals, places, and things.

3. NOUNS
In Spanish, nouns have gender. They are either masculine or feminine.

4. Masculine / Feminine
Most nouns that end in -o are masculine.

5. Masculine / Feminine
Most nouns that end in -a are feminine.

6. Masculine / Feminine
The definate articles el and la also point out if a word is masculine or feminine.
The both mean “THE” in English.

7. Masculine / Feminine For example: el libro la carpeta An exception:
el día
La mano

8. Other Spanish Nouns Other Spanish nouns end in -e or a consonant.
These must be learned or memorized.
It is important to learn these kinds of nouns with their article (el/la).

9. Other Spanish Nouns For example: el cine (movie theatre)
el marcador (marker)
la clase (class)
la televisión ( Television)

10. Other Spanish Nouns Some can be both masculine and feminine:
el/la estudiante

11. Keep these notes SAFE
We will be adding to these notes next chapter!!!!!!
Questions????

12. Making Nouns Plural
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

13. Making Nouns Plural
Singular nouns that end in z change the z to c in the plural.
El lápiz los lápices

14. Definite Articles El , La , Los and Las are called definite articles.
In English they mean “the”

15. Definite Articles
We use El and Los with masculine nouns and La and Las with feminine nouns.

16. Indefinite Articles
Un, Una, Unos, and Unas are indefinite articles.

17. Indefinite Articles
Un and Una mean
“a or an” in English.

18. Indefinite Articles
Unos and Unas mean “some” in English.

19. Indefinite Articles
Un and Unos are masculine and Una and Unas are feminine.

20. It’s a good idea to
learn a noun with its
definite article, el or
la, because that will
usually tell you the
gender.