Spanish I NOTES Articles, Nouns and Contractions Oh My!

Nombre________________________________________
Definite Articles
1. There are ___________ways to express ________________ in Spanish
2. The four ways are ____________, ______________,_____________,____________
3. The =____________,____________,____________,______________
Nouns
1. All nouns are _______________by_______________
2. The two things that you can tell about a Spanish noun by looking at the article are
__________________________ and ______________________
3. In Spanish, nouns distinguish between __________________ and __________________
4. We say that ALL nouns carry______________________
5. When a noun ends in a________________________the noun is normally masculine.
6. When a noun ends in a________________________the noun is normally feminine.
7. BUT the gender of the noun is ______________ determined by the ______________
*la narziz __________________

*La mano ________________________

8. There are exceptions you have to look at the __________________________to make sure!
9. The gender of the nouns that dont end with o or a must be_____________________
10. You cant predict the gender of a noun except for in the case of a ________________
11. Example: _____________________________________________________
12. Spanish nouns distinguish between__________________and_____________________
13. We say that nouns carry________________________
If a noun is preceded by:
14. ________________or_______________ then it is a plural noun.
15. ________________or______________then it is a singular noun.
16. Sooooo, the article tells the________________and the_________________of the noun.
The Indefinite Article
17. Use the definite article (_______,_________,________, ________) to indicate a particular
object/person (THE).

18. Use an __________________________ to indicate a gender or vague object/person (a, an, one,some).
19. The indefinite articles are:
Singluar

Plural

Masculine:

Un - ________________

Unos - ________________

Feminine:

Una -________________

Unas - ________________

20. If youre not sure which indefinite article to pick (______,______,_______,_______), think about the
definite article that goes with the noun (as it is on your list).
21. El -> ____________

Los -> ____________

22. La -> ____________

Las -> ____________

23. You ___________________ use the definite article and indefinite article together. You pick one or the
other, depending on the meaning of the sentence.
24. The boy = ________________________ A boy = ______________________
25. The girls = _______________________ Some girls = _____________________