Artículos, or articles, are words that are
placed before nouns. In Spanish, they indicate both the gender and the number
(singular/plural) of the noun. It is very helpful to learn Spanish nouns with their accompanying article, so that we know whether they are feminine nouns, or masculine nouns. As you may have guessed, gender is very important in the construction of the Spanish language!
Spanish definite articles are equivalent to the English definite article "the".
- Singular, masculine nouns use the singular definite article "el" and plural masculine nouns use the plural definite article "los".
- Singular, feminine nouns use the singular definite article "la" and plural feminine nouns use the plural definite article "las".
Spanish indefinite articles are equivalent to the English indefinite articles "a" or "an", in its singular form, or
"some", in its plural form.
- Singular, masculine nouns use the singular indefinite article "un" and plural masculine nouns use the plural indefinite article "unos".
- Singular, feminine nouns use the singular indefinite article "una" and plural feminine nouns use the plural indefinite article "unas".
What do you think? Are you ready to practice the Spanish articles?
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