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In English, the verb in a sentence changes depending on if the noun is singular
or plural. For example, it would be grammatically wrong to write "We is here"
more... In English the definite article is always “the”. As you know, in Spanish nouns have either a feminine or masculine gender. In
Spanish, the definite article is different depending on the noun being masculine-gender, feminine-gender, singular or plural. Article Example masculine-gender, singular el el niño (the boy, the child) feminine-gender, singular la la niña (the girl) masculine-gender, plural los los niños (the children, the boys) feminine-gender, plural las las niñas (the girls) Remember that masculine-gender plural includes both sexes. For phonetic reasons some words beginning with accented a or ha may have the article
el: el agua blanca (the white water), las aguas blancas (the white waters), el hambre inmensa
(the huge hunger), las hambres inmensas (the huge hungers). Also, be careful not to confuse the personal pronoun él (he) with the article el. In English the indefinite articles are a and an (singular) or some (plural). In Spanish there are
different forms for masculine-gender, feminine-gender, singular or plural. Article Example unas niñas (some girls) (*) To say "the boys" there are two possibilities. If the boys are known, as in "Some boys asked me a question", you may use
unos niños. If the boys are not known, and it's necessary that they be male, as in "Some boys are needed for the soccer
team" you must say unos niños varones or unos niños hombres (male children). For phonetic reasons some words beginning with accented a may have the article un: un ave
blanca (a white bird), las aves blancas (the white birds). Note, do not confuse uno (one) with un (a or an). Exercise: Spanish
Exercise Articles Now we will learn how to match adjectives (such as colors) with the gender/number of the object(s) they are referring to. Here
are some example sentences with the endings of the adjectives highlighted: En el aeropuerto hay muchas maletas. Hay una maleta negra. Carmen viaja en un autobús rojo. Ricardo paga noventa dólares por tres boletos. Son unos boletos caros. In general nationalities work just like regular adjectives: they also have to match the noun of the sentence in terms of
gender and singular/plural. In Spanish the nationalities are not capitalized. Ejemplos (Examples): Here is a list of nationalities: Audio: MP3 (233KB) numbers 1-20 Exercise: Spanish
Exercise Mathematics When referring to the time of day, the Spanish verb ser and the feminine definite articles
(la/las) are used. To ask for the time you say: When telling the time, the conjugation of ser and the article depend on the time you are referring to. For
one o'clock Spanish uses the singular (es and la) and for all other times it uses the plural
(son and las): To emphasize o'clock, one uses the expression en punto. To say that it's some minutes before/after the full hour one uses y or menos. The expression quarter (15 minutes) is cuarto in Spanish and half past (30 minutes) is
media. For example: Finally, here is the translation for noon and midnight: Translate the following into Spanish 2. It's two o'clock. 3. It's twenty minutes after five. 4. It's midnight. 5. It's six o'clock. 6. It's half past ten. 7. It's five minutes to eleven. 8. It's ten minutes to noon. |