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4.5: Los artículos y sustantivos- gender and number (Articles and nouns and number)

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    Thinking about the grammar

    In the following chart, notice the difference between the singular and the plural.

    el libro los libros un libro unos libros
    la mesa las mesas una mesa unas mesas

    What is the difference between el/la/los/las and un/una/unos/unas?

    Answer: El / la / los / las are definite articles. They refer to specific things. Un / una / unos / unas are indefinite articles. They refer to non specific things. For example, ¨Necesito el libro.¨ (I need the book.) ¨Quiero un libro.¨ (I want a book).

    la pared las paredes una pared unas paredes
    el lápiz los lápices un lápiz unos lápices

    When the noun ends in a ¨z,¨ change the ¨z¨ to a ¨c¨ and add ¨-es.¨

    Prácticas

    Colby - artículos 1

    Colby - artículos 2

    Otras explicaciones

    Spanishdict

    masculine and feminine nouns

    el / la definite / indefinite and masculine / feminine

    Studyspanish

    Gender of nouns I

    Gender of nouns II

    Plural forms of nouns

    Definite and indefinite articles

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