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15 Cards in this Set
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What is a noun? In Spanish every noun is either ________ or __________. This is called g_______.
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A noun is a person, place or thing. In Spanish every noun is either masculine or feminine. This is called gender.
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gender
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Almost all nouns that end in _____are masculine and almost all nouns that end in _____are feminine.
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Almost all nouns that end in o are masculine and almost all nouns that end in a are feminine.
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What is a definite article? What does it refer to? Give 2 examples.
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In English "the" is the definite article. "The" refers to a specific person or thing. Examples: the boy, the girl
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specific person or thing
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You use the definite article ______ before a masculine noun and ____ before a feminine noun.
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el
la |
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the girl
the boy |
la muchacha
el muchacho |
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----- muchacho
-----muchacha -----alumno -----alumna |
el muchacho
la muchacha el alumno la alumna la |
look at whether the noun ends in o or in a
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----- colegio
----- colegia |
el colegio
la colegia |
look at whether the noun ends in o or a
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Match with el or la
mentira abuelo altura |
la mentira
el abuelo la altura |
la mentira means the lie
el abuelo means the grandfather la altura means the height |
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What is the indefinite article?
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The definite article is 'a" or"an" in English and "un" or"una" in Spanish.
There are masculine and feminine versions in Spanish but not English. |
one
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When you you use the indefinite article when speaking about a non-specific person or thing. Give examples in English using "boy" and "school."
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a boy
a school (Using the definite article: the boy, the school. Definite articles refer to something or someone specific.) |
Definite articles refer to something specific and indefinite articles refer to soemthing or someone not specific.
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a or an/indeifinte article
---muchacha ---escuela ---colegio |
una muchacha
una escuela un colegio |
Ask yourself: is this word masculine (ends with o) or feminine (ends with a) and then ask: do I need to use un or una?
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Bonus question: What is the grammar rule about indefinite articles?
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You use the INDEFINITE ARTICLE un before a masculine noun and una before a feminine noun.
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You can do it!! An indefinite article is "a" or "an" and the definite article is "the." Do you see the trick in my sentence above?
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What is an adjective? Which word in the sentence is an adjective? El muchacho es rubio. La alumna es seria.
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An ADJECTIVE describes a person or thing. The words "rubio" and "seria" are the adjectives.
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Ask yourself: what word describes the nouns muchacho and alumna.
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What is the adjective rule? Many adjectives end in ----if they are masculine and ----if they are feminine.
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In Spanish an adjective must agree in GENDER with the noun it describes or modifies. Many adj end in o in masculine and a in feminine.
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Gender means masculine or feminine. The noun and the adjective must match genders.
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What is wrong with this phrase:
una muchacho timida |
una muchacha timida
uno muchacho timido |
Now all three, the noun, the adjective and the article must MATCH
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