1. Calentamiento
Traduce a español:
- It is hot in the summer.
- The weather is very nice today.
- It is windy and it rains a lot.
- It snows in the winter.
- In winter it is very cold.
- In spring it is cool.
2. Turn in your Calendar
3. Gender of nouns/definite and indefinite articles INB 28
Now we are going to learn about the Gender of nouns and Definite and Indefinite articles. First, you will take notes on your Interactive Notebooks.
A noun is a word used to identify places, things, animals and people. In Spanish nouns have gender; they are considered eithermasculine or feminine. They also, have number which means that they are either singular (one) or plural (more than one).
Spanish has four forms of indefinite articles: Un/una/unos/unas.
una = singular (feminine)
unos = plural (masculine)
unas=plural (feminine)
Examples:
a dog = un perro
a girl= una chica
some dogs= unos perros
some girls=unas chicas
Definite articles
Spanish has four forms of definite articles. You use definite articles to refer to specific nouns.
la = singular (feminine)
los = plural (masculine)
las=plural (feminine)
Examples:
el libro=the book
la computadora=the computer
los libros=the books
las computadoras=the computers
Quick review:
3. Gender of nouns/definite and indefinite articles INB 28
Now we are going to learn about the Gender of nouns and Definite and Indefinite articles. First, you will take notes on your Interactive Notebooks.
A noun is a word used to identify places, things, animals and people. In Spanish nouns have gender; they are considered eithermasculine or feminine. They also, have number which means that they are either singular (one) or plural (more than one).
- In the Spanish language, there are two possible genders of nouns: masculine or feminine.
- Unlike English, Spanish articles must agree in gender and number with the noun they modify.
- Definite and indefinite articles are place before the noun.
Spanish has four forms of indefinite articles: Un/una/unos/unas.
- Un and una mean “a/an” and unos/unas means “some” or “a few.”
- Indefinite articles are talking about a noun that is not specific, or is "undefined."
una = singular (feminine)
unos = plural (masculine)
unas=plural (feminine)
Examples:
a dog = un perro
a girl= una chica
some dogs= unos perros
some girls=unas chicas
Definite articles
Spanish has four forms of definite articles. You use definite articles to refer to specific nouns.
- El/la/los/las are the definite articles. Each means "the."
- The different definitive articles are used for the different genders and numbers of nouns.
la = singular (feminine)
los = plural (masculine)
las=plural (feminine)
Examples:
el libro=the book
la computadora=the computer
los libros=the books
las computadoras=the computers
Quick review:
This video explains, how to use masculine and feminine nouns in Spanish.
4. Gender of Nouns INB 30
In Spanish nouns have gender and they must agree in gender and number (singular or plural) with the article.
Common rules:
1) Nouns ending in –o or –or are masculine
Generally, you can make a masculine noun feminine by replacing the “o” with an "a," but there are a few exceptions:
Changing the number of nouns
All nouns in Spanish also have a number, singular or plural (it is the same in English).
It is rather easy to make singular nouns plural.
el chico > los chicos
un chico > unos chicos
When changing your article, make sure you pay attention to whether the article was definite or indefinite.
la nacionalidad > las nacionalidades
el lápiz > los lápices
Let's see this video
In Spanish nouns have gender and they must agree in gender and number (singular or plural) with the article.
Common rules:
1) Nouns ending in –o or –or are masculine
- El chico-the boy
- El professor-the teacher
- La chica-the girl
- La profesora-the teacher
- El problema-the proble
- El autobú–the bus
- La lección-the lesson
- La comunidad-the community
- El/la turista- the tourist (male or female)
- El/la estudiante-the student (male or female)
Generally, you can make a masculine noun feminine by replacing the “o” with an "a," but there are a few exceptions:
- El día (day) is a masculine noun
- El mapa (map) is a masculine noun
- La mano (hand) is a feminine noun
Changing the number of nouns
All nouns in Spanish also have a number, singular or plural (it is the same in English).
It is rather easy to make singular nouns plural.
- The general rule is to change the article from el/la to los/las or from un/una to unos/unas, then add an -s to the end of the singular noun, when it ends in a vowel (a,e,i, o, or u).
el chico > los chicos
un chico > unos chicos
When changing your article, make sure you pay attention to whether the article was definite or indefinite.
- Nouns that end in a consonant add –es.
la nacionalidad > las nacionalidades
- Nouns that end in –z change the –z to –c, then add –es
el lápiz > los lápices
- Generally, when a singular noun has an accent mark on the last syllable, the accent is dropped from the plural form.
- Use the masculine plural form to refer to a group that includes both males and females.
Let's see this video
Pay attention to this video. It will explain how to recognize masculine and feminine nouns:
If you need more explanation, you can read the following:
5. Hagamos un one pager about articles and nouns.
5. Hagamos un one pager about articles and nouns.
6. Boleto de salida
1. ¿ Cuáles son los artículos definidos?
2. ¿ Cuáles son los artículos indefinidos?
1. ¿ Cuáles son los artículos definidos?
2. ¿ Cuáles son los artículos indefinidos?