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There is an important issue that should always be addressed when you learn to speak spanish. And that is the use of gender in Spanish. In English, nouns do not have genders. But in Spanish they do. This means that there are a few more articles to learn as compared to in English. A quick rule is if a ends in “a”, then it is feminine, but if it ends in “o”, then it is masculine.
Learning Spanish Articles
There are two types of different forms of articles. They are called definite and indefinite. Definite articles are words such as “the”. If you were to say “the house”, you are talking about a particular house, not a house in general. So therefore, indefinite articles refer to general objects. For example “a house”.
In Spanish, there happens to be two different words for “a/an”. They are Un and una. Which one you use well that depends on the particular gender of the noun. “Un” is used when referring to the Masculine. “Una” is used when referring to the feminine. Right now you do ont need to over stress about what gender a noun is. You will learn later on in other posts.
It is important to note that there are also two words for the word “the”. Once again, this just depends on the gender of the noun. Use the word “el” a when referring to masculine nouns. And for feminine nouns, use the word “la”. Pretty Simple isn’t it?
Let’s look at some examples of masculine and feminine nouns.
El perro esta aqui / The (male) cat is here
However, if you want to say “The (female) dog is here”, you would say something a little different.
La perra esta aqui / The (female) cat is here
Also Plural forms in Spanish are a little different than in the English language. When talking about more than one thing, the definite article changes to:
Las (female), Los (male).
Lets see how the above sentences change when talking about more than one dog.
Los perros estan aqui / The (male) dogs are here
Las perras estan aqui / The (female) dogs are here
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