1. The 4 words for “the” in Spanish
DEFINITE ARTICLES
The 4 words for “the” in Spanish

2. Spanish articles
English often uses definite articles (the) before nouns.
Spanish also has definite articles—used much more!
Spanish articles vary in form because they agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify.

3. Definite articles
Spanish has four forms that are equivalent to the English definite article the. You use definite articles to refer to specific nouns.
Masculine
Singular
el diccionario
the dictionary
Plural
los diccionarios
the dictionaries
Feminine
Singular
la computadora
the computer
Plural
las computadoras
the computers

4. Singular to plural el  los
el libro (the book)  los libros (the books)
la  las
la fruta (the fruit)  las frutas (the fruits)

5. When to use definte articles:
You wil use DEFINITE ARTICLES:
to talk about a noun as a general category
2. when saying you like something with GUSTAR
3. When you want to use the word “the”
Ejemplo: Me gusta la pizza.  I like pizza.

6. ¿el, la, los o las? _____ chico _____ chica _____ maleta
¡INTÉNTALO! Provide a definite article for each noun in the first column and an indefinite article for each noun in the second column.
¿el, la, los o las?
_____ chico
_____ chica
_____ maleta
_____ cuadernos
_____ lápiz
_____ mujeres