Learning goals: Use noums and definite article Use gustar, por qué? and porque Use of preposition de

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1 Learning goals: Use noums and definite article Use gustar, por qué? and porque Use of preposition de

2 A noun is a word used to denote a person, place, thing, or idea. Person: Place: Thing: Idea: John, girl, dentist garden, university, Venezuela book, car, tomato liberty, despair, intelligence

3 (Nombre o sustantivo) In English, people and animals are masculine or feminine, but things are always neuter in gender. The book? It s interesting. Ana? She s pretty. In Spanish, all nouns, including things, are masculine or feminine. With some exceptions, nouns ending in -o are masculine, and nouns ending in -a are feminine La película es romántica Luis es romántico.

4 (Nombre o sustantivo) In Spanish, all nouns belong to one of two gender categories: masculine or feminine. Masculine nouns usually end in -o (carro). Feminine nouns usually end in -a (fruta). el chico (boy) Masculine la chica (girl) Feminine el jardín (garden) la universidad (university) el libro (book) el miedo (fear) la revista (magazine) la libertad (liberty)

5 (Nombre o sustantivo) Some nouns that refer to people use the same form for both masculine and feminine. These nouns indicate gender by the article (el or la). Masculine El estudiante El pianista El artista Feminine La estudiante La pianista La artista

6 (Nombre o sustantivo) Nouns that end in -sión, -ción, -dad, -tad, -tud, - are feminine. la televisión la decisión la conversación la habitación la ciudad la universidad la dificultad la libertad la actitud

7 (Nombre o sustantivo) Some nouns that end in -a are masculine. el problema el programa el mapa el sistema el poema el día el tema el clima el idioma el planeta El agua

8 (Nombre o sustantivo) Four of the nouns that end in -a are simply exceptions and must be memorized. el día el mapa el planeta el sofá A few nouns that end in -o are feminine. la mano la radio

9 (Nombre o sustantivo) Singular nouns name one of something. Plural nouns name more than one of something. If a singular noun ends in a vowel, add -s to make it plural. carro carros If a singular noun ends in a consonant, add -es to make it plural estudiante estudiantes

10 3. Which word is masculine? el cuaderno la pluma la maestra la profesora (Nombre o sustantivo) 1. Which word is masculine? la casa la mesa el libro la ventana 2. Which word is feminine? el chico el hermano el abuelo la hermana 4. Which word is feminine? el número el teléfono el muchacho la tía 5. Cuál es la palabra masculina? la mañana la palabra el diccionario la tarea

11 1. el libro is a masculine word is a feminine word (Nombre o sustantivo) Choose between masculine or feminine. Circle the best answer. 4. el escritorio is a masculine word es una palabra femenina 2. la pluma is a masculine word is a feminine word 5. la silla es una palabra masculina es una palabra femenina 3. el cuaderno is a masculine word is a feminine word

12 el libr_ o a 12. la mes_ o a 13. el gat_ o a 14. la gat_ o a 15. el chic_ o a 16. la chic_ o a 17. el cuadern_ o a 18. la plum_ o a 19. el vestid_ o a 20. la corbat_ o a (Nombre o sustantivo) Circle the correct last letter of each word.

13 Does the English definite article the show gender? How do the Spanish definite articles show gender?

14 The difference between definite articles and indefinite articles can be observed in the following two sentences: Give me the chocolate chip cookie. Give me a cookie, please. The first sentence speaks of a particular (or definite) cookie: The second sentence speaks of any of a number of cookies (or an indefinite cookie): The difference between the definite and indefinite articles is the difference between talking about a specific cookie, or any old cookie at all.

15 In English, the definite article is the word "the" regardless of whether the noun it introduces is singular or plural. the cookie the cookies In Spanish, the definite article has 4 forms, depending on whether the noun is masculine, feminine, singular or plural.

16 1. The definite articles in Spanish can be used to say the with a specific noun. They have different forms that agree with their noun in gender and number. MASCULINO FEMENINO SINGULAR El La PLURAL los las

17 Examples: el gato the male cat los gatos the male cats la gata the female cat las gatas the female cats

18 Quién es el muchacho? Who are the boy? Quiénes son los muchachos? Who are the boys? Quién es la muchacha? Who are the girl? Quiénes son las muchachas? Who are the girls?

19 2. Use definite articles to talk about noun as a general category or when saying what you like with gustar Como es la pizza? What s pizza like? Es deliciosa. Me gusta la pizza It s delicious. I like pizza

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