Spanish Lesson - Lesson 3: Definite and Indefinite articles

Learn about articles in Spanish. In Spanish, we have definite and indefinite articles. Again, these articles have different usage based on whether the noun is masculine or feminine, singular or plural

1. Definite & Indefinite Articles In Spanish Lesson 3 www.theopenlearningblog.com/spanish Author: Swagatam Mitra

2. Definite articles In Spanish, the definite article has four forms depending on whether the noun is masculine or feminine, singular or plural. El (masculine, singular) Los (masculine, plural) La (feminine, singular) Las (feminine, plural) www.theopenlearningblog.com/spanish Author: Swagatam Mitra

3. Examples of el and los Masculine, singular Masculine, plural el libro (the book) los libros (the books) el gato (the male cat) los gatos (the cats) el chico (the boy) los chicos (the boys) el niño ( the male child ) los niños ( the children ) el hombre (the man) los hombres (the men) www.theopenlearningblog.com/spanish Author: Swagatam Mitra

4. Examples of la and las Feminine, singular Feminine, plural la pluma (the pen) las plumas (the pens) la gata (the female cat) las gatas (the female cats) la chica (the girl) las chicas (the girls) la niña ( the girl child ) las niñas ( the children ) la película ( the movie ) las películas ( the movies ) www.theopenlearningblog.com/spanish Author: Swagatam Mitra

5. Definite articles with days of the week Days of the week are all masculine Singular Plural El lunes (Monday) Los lunes El martes (Tuesday) Los martes El miércoles ( Wednesday ) Los miércoles El jueves (Thursday) Los jueves El viernes (Friday) Los viernes El sábado ( Saturday ) Los sábados El domingo (Sunday) Los domingos www.theopenlearningblog.com/spanish Author: Swagatam Mitra

6. Indefinite articles In Spanish, the indefinite article has four forms depending on whether the noun is masculine or feminine, singular or plural. un (masculine, singular) unos (masculine, plural) una (feminine, singular) unas (feminine, plural) www.theopenlearningblog.com/spanish Author: Swagatam Mitra

7. Indefinite article explained In English, we use the article ‘a’ or ‘an’ before a singular noun. In Spanish, we use ‘un’ or ‘ una ’ In English, we use ‘some’ or ‘few’ to denote plural nouns. In Spanish, we use ‘ unos ’ or ‘ unas ’ www.theopenlearningblog.com/spanish Author: Swagatam Mitra

8. Examples of indefinite articles (usage) u n libro (a book) : unos libros (some books) u n gato (a male cat) : unos gatos (some male cats) u n chico (a boy) : unos chicos (some boys) www.theopenlearningblog.com/spanish Author: Swagatam Mitra

9. More examples of indefinite articles (usage) una pluma (a pen) : unas plumas (some pens) una gata (a female cat) : unas gatas (some female cats) una chica (a girl) : unas chicas (some girls) www.theopenlearningblog.com/spanish Author: Swagatam Mitra