Los sustantivos y artículos

Sustantivos- nouns

​In Spanish, nouns have 2 characteristics

1. Gender- femenine or masculine

2. Number- Singular (one) or plural (many).

   1. HIGHLIGHT this in your notes packet.

​In class, you will study nouns with the endings.

1. -o (living and non-living things)

2. -or (living things)

3. -ema (non-living things)

4. -s (non-living things)

   HIGHLIGHT THESE in your notes.

​En la clase, we will see mostly nouns with these endings.

1. -a (living and non-living things)

2. -ora (living things)

3. -dad (non-living things)

4. -ción (non-living things)

   1. HIGHLIGHT ALL OF these in your notes.

​Los sustantivos son...

1. Singular- one

2. Plural- more than one

​En español, hay dos clases de artículos

1. Definidos- refers to SPECIFIC items- highlight this in your notes.

   1. Translates to the article "the" in English

​En español, hay dos clases de artículos

1. Indefinidos- refers to NONSPECIFIC people or items- highlight this in your notes.

   1. Translates to the article "a" or an"an"in English

Los sustantovos y los artículos both have the same characteristics- meaning they are either singular or plural, male or female.... so, you match the article to the noun ONLY IF THE CHARACTERISTICS match.
Ejemplo: profesor

Profesor is singular.... only one.
Profesor is also masculine, it ends in -or

So, we can only use the definite artile el or the indefinite article un depending of whether we are talking about a specific profesor or non-specific profesor.

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Las dos características