ARTICLES IN SPANISH HAZLO AHORA: 1) What is the proper punctuation to use when asking a question? 2) Create a question/response: “How old are you?” “I am ___ years old” Practice is with your partner.

What is an article?  Definite articles (in English, the) are used with nouns to indicate specific persons, places, or things.  Indefinite articles (a, an) are used with nouns to indicate non-specific persons, places, or things.

Examples KEY: indefinite article definite article The boy is a friend. El chico es un amigo.

Articles in Spanish  In Spanish, articles match nouns in number and gender.  Here’s how:  ALL SPANISH NOUNS, even if they refer to objects, are either MASCULINE or FEMININE  Nouns ending in –o are usually masculine.  Nouns ending in –a are usually feminine.

Articles in Spanish NumberDefinite Article Noun as Example Indefinite Article Noun as Example MasculineSingularel the chico boy un a chico boy MasculinePlurallos the chicos boys unos some chicos boys FeminineSingularla the chica girl una a chica girl FemininePlurallas the chicas girls unas some chicas girls

Gender/Number Agreement  REMEMBER! Your sentences must agree in number and gender - ALWAYS! Los libros son para la maestra. The books are for the teacher. Una chica es una amiga. A girl is a friend.

Forming Plural Nouns  To form the plural of a noun, add –s to the noun if it ends in a vowel.  Add -es if a noun ends in a consonant. EXAMPLES: estudiante estudiantes mujermujeres

Practice with Definite Articles Fill in the blank with the correct DEFINITE articles. 1. ___ perro 2. ___ tortuga 3. ___ gatos 4. ___ hermanos 5. ___ tias 6. ___ pajaro 7. ___ pescado

Practice with Indefinite Articles  Fill in the blank with the correct INDEFINITE articles. 1. ___ libro 2. ___ profesora 3. ___ amigo 4. ___ carpetas 5. ___ puerta 6. ___ gatos 7. ___ pizzas

Independent Practice – Definite Articles  Miguel is describing people. Complete his sentences with the correct definite article. 1. ___ chicas son atleticas. 2. ___ maestra es inteligente. 3. ___ amigos son simpaticos. 4. ___ chico es pelirrojo. 5. ___ mujeres son artisticas. 6. ___ hombre es guapo. 7. ___ personas son organizadas. 8. ___ amigas son jovenes. 9. ___ estudiantes son bajos. 10. ___ mujer es comica.