Transcript LOS ARTÍCULOS

LOS ARTÍCULOS
Articles.
the
a(n), some
Spanish articles
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English often uses definite articles (the) and
indefinite articles (a, an) before nouns.
Spanish also has definite and indefinite
articles—used much more!
Spanish articles vary in form because they
agree in gender and number with the nouns
they modify.
Definite articles
 Spanish has four forms that are equivalent to the
English definite article the. You use definite articles
to refer to specific nouns.
Masculine
Feminine
Singular
Singular
el diccionario
la computadora
the dictionary
the computer
Plural
Plural
los diccionarios
las computadoras
the dictionaries
the computers
Indefinite articles
 Spanish has four forms that are equivalent to the
English indefinite article, which according to context
may mean a, an, or some. You use indefinite articles
to refer to unspecified persons or things.
Masculine
Feminine
Singular
Singular
un amigo
a (one) friend
una bandera
a (one) flag
Plural
Plural
unos amigos
unas banderas
some friends
some flags
¡INTÉNTALO! Provide a definite article for each noun in the
first column and an indefinite article for each noun in the
second column.
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
¿el, la, los o
las?
_____ chico
_____ chica
_____ maleta
_____ cuadernos
_____ lápiz
_____ mujeres
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
¿un, una, unos o
unas?
_____ autobús
_____ escuela
_____ computadora
_____ hombre
_____ señoras
_____ lápices
Los infinitivos
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An infinitive (el infinitivo) is the most
basic verb form in all languages.
In English, it is always preceded by "to,"
as in "to run," "to love," and "to travel."
In Spanish, infinitives consist of only one
word and are separated into three
different conjugations according to their
endings:
-ar, -er, or -ir.
These endings are attached to the root of
a verb to form the whole infinitive
hablar, correr, compartir
Verbs in the infinitive form indicate what
the action is but nothing about who is
doing the action at what point in time.