1 Los art í culos definidos (Definite articles)

2 Vocabulario

3 El perro

4 El gato

5 La ballena

6 El delfín

7 El caballo

8 El León

9 La gallina/El pollo

10 La culebra/La víbora

11 El ratón

12 El elefante

13 El mono/El chango

14 El tigre

15 El tiburón

16 El zapo/La rana

17 El puerco/ El cerdo

18 El pájaro

19 La vaca

20 La tortuga

21 La cebra

22 La jirafa

23 El oso

24 El camello

25 El pingüino

26 El canguro

27 El burro

28 El conejo

29 La lechuza

30 Definite articles are usually placed before a noun

31 Sustantivos (Nouns)

32 What are definite Articles?

33 Definite Articles el, los, La, las The

34 Gender In Spanish all nouns have a gender Definite articles also have a gender Masculine Feminine Due to this fact definite articles and nouns have to agree on their gender

35 Number Definite articles and nouns can also be plural or singular Singular meaning only one1 Plural meaning two or more2… Due to this fact definite articles and nouns have to agree on their number also

36 So how do we know if a definite article is masculine or feminine, plural or singular

37 Definite articles have 4 distinct forms Masculine Masculine singular plural el Los FeminineFeminine singular plural la las

38 We use the definitive article the when we want to talk about a particular or specific noun.

39 When using definite articles with nouns make sure they match the gender and the number

40 Just as a review Making nouns plural 1)Nouns that end with a vowel add s 2) Nouns that end with a consonant other than z add es 3) Nouns that end with z add es and replaced the z with a c How to recognized masculine and feminine nouns 1)Nouns that end with a are usually feminine 2)Nouns that end with o are usually masculine Some nouns that end with n and e could also be masculine

41 Ejemplo: The dog (Perro) Dog is a masculine singular noun El is the masculine singular article El perro

42 Ejemplo: The whale (ballena) Whale is a feminine singular noun La is the feminine singular article La ballena

43 Ejemplo: The dolphin (Delf í n) Delf í n is a masculine singular noun El is the masculine singular article El Delf í n

44 Ejemplo: The chickens (gallinas) Chickens is a feminine plural noun Las is the feminine plural article Las gallinas

45 Tu turno (your turn)

46 León

47 El León

48 Leones

49 Los leones

50 ratón

51 El ratón

52 ratones

53 Los ratones

54 elefante

55 El elefante

56 elefantes

57 Los elefantes

58 tiburón

59 El tiburón

60 tiburones

61 Los tiburones

62 ballena

63 La ballena

64 ballenas

65 Las ballenas

66 vaca

67 La vaca

68 vacas

69 Las vacas

70 tortuga

71 La tortuga

72 tortugas

73 Las tortugas

74 rana

75 La rana

76 ranas

77 Las ranas

78 culebra

79 La culebra

80 puerco

81 El puerco

82 Photo credits Mrs. Mastny Anthony Mastny