Spanish Grammar - Reference Guides

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Articles: accompany (and precede) nouns and their modifiers, agree with nouns in number and gender; indicate gender of noun. Contracted el la lo al los las del. Usage: abstract/generic nouns (e. g. , el amor [love], generic nouns indicating a certain group/category (e. g. , la gente [people], titles (mr. , mrs. , etc. ) (e. g. , el se or ed. [mr. ed]: names of relations, names of sports teams, names of languages (e. g. , me gusta el espa ol. [i like spanish. ]: days of the week, time expressions (e. g. , es la una. [it is one o"clock. ]: numbers, measures, etc. Contractions: -al (a + el) and -del (de + el) (e. g. , fui al cine ayer. Generally not used: address someone directly (e. g. , se or. [mr. gargaro, can you come here?]: talk about direct relations, after verbs hablar (to speak), saber (to know), and aprender (to learn, after the preposition en, days in dates (number) Notes: there are exceptions to the rules for article usage.

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