1. Reflect gender and number in nouns
Articles in Spanish
Reflect gender and number in nouns

2. Articles introduce the noun
The article will tell us a lot about the noun it is next to.
In Spanish we use articles much more than we do in English because nouns in Spanish have gender.
We learn the gender and the number of the noun by looking at the article.

3. The= el,la,los,las
The definite article “the” in English becomes four articles in Spanish because we must consider gender and number
El= singular masculine
La = singular feminine
Los = plural masculine
Las = plural feminine

4. A, an= un,una, unos, unas
The indefinite article “a” or “an” turns into these in Spanish
Un= singular, masculine
Una= singular, feminine
Unos= plural masculine
Unas= plural feminine

5. Accordance= agreement
The article and the noun must agree in number and in gender.
If the noun is feminine the article must be feminine
If the noun is masculine the article must be masculine
If the noun is plural (more than one) the article must be plural

6. How do we see accordance
singular
Una amiga
Un hermano
El libro
El día
La calculadora
plural
unas amigas
unos hermanos
los libros
los días
las calculadoras