Los articulos Q,

an, the

* a noun is a person, animal, place object, or the name of an idea (concept).

* all Spanish nouns (the

word itself) have masculine or feminine gender.

* When nouns identify

one thing, they are singular. When nouns identify more than one, they are plural.

* Adjectives

tell Which one? What kind? Or How many?about a noun.They modify (or describe) it.

* Spanish adjectives

agree (match) in number (Singular or plural) and gender (masculineor feminine) with the noun it modifies (describes).

* The gender of nouns MUST be learned. It's super important!! Nouns ending in -0, or -MA are masculine. Nouns ending in -A, -TAD, -DAD, or -CION are feminine. If it refers to a guy (human!), it's masculine. If it refers to a girl, its feminine. If it doesn't use one of the above rules, you just have to memorize its gender (boo who @)

* To make a Spanish noun plural... 1. if it ends in a vowel, add an -5. 2. if it ends in a consonant, add -ES. 3. if it ends in a Z, change t to C and add -ES. There are

masculine feminine the the the the

4

ways to say "the" in Spanish. Singular el

plural los las

10

notebook = el cuaderno notebooks = los cuadernos chalkboard = la pizarra chalkboards = las pizarras

the the the the

pencil = el lapiz pencils = los ldpices sheets of paper = las hojas de papel erasers = los borradores

There are 2 ways to say "a/an"

I ~~ngular

I masculine

una

feminine

There are 2 ways to say "some"

I masculine feminine

I ~Iural unos unas

,Cuantas cosas hay? Cuantos/ cudntcs = how many hay = there is or there are ,hay? = is there or are there ,Cuantas sillas hay? Hay trienta sillas.

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,Cuantos libros hay? Hay diez libros.

,';"~ /0.~'~

\;;y/ ji/ ,Cuantos prof~sor~~ hay? ~ r Hay un profesor. 4-

,Cuantas preguntas hay? Hay una pregunta. ,Cuantos bollgrafos hay? Hay veintitin bollgrafos. ,Cuantas puertas hay? Hay cuarenta y una puertas.