1. Agreement of, articles and adjectives Remember rule. They dictate what gender (feminine/masculine) and number (singular/plural) the articles and the adjectives must be

2. Remember, Nouns are persons, places or things The girlla chica The manel hombre A womanuna mujer The housela casa An apartment un apartamento The schoolla escuela The hatel sombrero A shirtuna camisa

3. Articles We have two types of articles, definite and indefinite articles. The definite article in English is the. In Spanish we have four forms of the: Masculine = elFeminine = la Masc. plural = losFem. plural= las The indefinite article in English is a/an. In Spanish we have two forms for a/an, and two forms for the plural, some: Masculine = un Feminine = una Masc. plural = unosFem. Plural = unas

4. Adjectives are describing words singularplural » masc. Fem. Masc. Fem. Beautiful =bonito, bonita, bonitos, bonitas Fat = gordo, gorda, gordos, gordas Big= grande, grandes, Blue = azul, azules, Brown=marrón, marrones

5. Nouns Nouns in Spanish are either masculine or feminine. Usually: Nouns that end in –o are masculine, like chico, pelo, perro, gato, vestido, zapato, etc. Nouns that end in –a are feminine, like chica, camisa, falda, blusa, camiseta, etc. But other nouns will end in different letters, so that you will have to memorize them with an article to remember their gender, i.e.: El suéter, el calcetín, el color, la comunidad, etc.

6. Nouns that refer to people are naturally either feminine or masculine, like: Un/el hombreUna/la mujer Un/el chicoUna/la chica But most other nouns are feminine or masculine without any specific masculine or feminine meaning, like: Un/el vestido which is masculine but is worn by females. Una/la camisa which is feminine but can be worn by males or females.

7. What agrees with nouns? The article, definite or indefinite, and the adjective(s) must agree with the noun they refer to. Example: Pablo lleva una camisa blanca y una chaqueta negra. (una and blanca must agree with camisa, not with Pablo). María lleva un sombrero rosado y unos zapatos rojos. (un and rosado must agree with sombrero, and unos y rojos must agree with zapatos, not with María).

8. Practicamos: fill in the blank Los amigos _________ ____ familia grande Los países _________ El estudiante _________ ____ chicas bonitas ___ bolsa pequeña La mujer _______