SPAN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Los Chicos De Puerto Rico, El Problema
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In some cases like (turista), gender is indicated by the article (el,la) In most cases the endings of the word determine a nouns gender. There are exceptions to these rules that is why it is important to memorize each noun with their article. The notebook : el cuaderno and the notebooks: los cuadernos. Spanish nous that end in a vowel form the plural by adding s ex la fotografia and los fotografias. Nouns that end in a constant end in es ex la comunidad and las comunidades. Ex singular: el lapis: the pencil and los lapices: the penciles. When referring to a group of people that includes males you refer to them in the masculine plural form. Ex a group of 2 boys and 3 girls = los chicos. In spanish definite article (the) changes whether the noun is masculine, feminine, singular, plural.
