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Realidades 1
Nouns

2. NOUNS
 Nouns refer to people,
animals, places, and
things.

3. NOUNS
 In Spanish, nouns have
gender. They are either
masculine or feminine.

4. Masculine / Feminine
 Most nouns that end in
-o are masculine.

5. Masculine / Feminine
 Most nouns that end in -a
are feminine.

6. Masculine / Feminine
 For example:
el libro
la calculadora
 An exception: el día

7. Other Spanish Nouns
 Other Spanish nouns end
in -e or a consonant.

8. Other Spanish Nouns
 For example:
el cine el marcador
la clase la televisión

9. Other Spanish Nouns
 Some can be both
masculine and feminine:
el/la estudiante

10. Making Nouns Plural
 To make nouns plural you usually add
-s to words ending in a vowel and -es to
words ending in a consonant.
 silla sillas
 teclado teclados
 cartel carteles

11. Making Nouns Plural
 Singular nouns that end in z change the
z to c in the plural.
 El lápiz los lápices

12. Definite Articles
 El , La , Los and Las are
called definite articles.
 In English they mean
“the”

13. Definite Articles
 We use El and Los with
masculine nouns and La
and Las with feminine
nouns.

14. Indefinite Articles
 Un, Una, Unos, and Unas
are indefinite articles.

15. Indefinite Articles
 Un and Una mean
“a or an” in English.

16. Indefinite Articles
 Unos and Unas mean
“some” in English.

17. Indefinite Articles
 Un and Unos are
masculine and Una and
Unas are feminine.

18. It’s a good idea to
learn a noun with its
definite article, el or
la, because that will
usually tell you the
gender.