Definite and Indefinite Spanish Articles

Definite and Indefinite Spanish Articles

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What are articles?

Articles are words that define a noun as specific or unspecific. A, an, and the are articles.

Definite and Indefinite articles

The definite article is used before a noun to refer to something specific. In English, the article would be ‘the’.

The indefinite article is used before a noun to refer to something that is general or when its identity is not known. In English, the article would be "a, an".

Definite: El and La

"El" and "la" are the equivalent of "the" in English.

EL

El is used with masculine nouns.

El chico

El teléfono

El amigo

La

La is used with feminine nouns.

La chica

La silla

La amiga

Indefinite: Un and Una

"Un" and "una" are the equivalents of "a" and "an" in English.

Un is used with masculine nouns.

Una is used with feminine nouns.

Un libro.

Una carpeta.

Multiple Choice

"El" and "la" are called ....

• indefinite articles

• definite articles

Multiple Choice

"Un" and "una" are called ....

• indefinite articles

• definite articles

Multiple Choice

"La" and "una" describe a ....

• feminine noun

• masculine noun

Multiple Choice

"El" and "un" describe a ....

• feminine noun

• masculine noun

Multiple Choice

Escuela

• La escuela

• El escuela

Multiple Choice

Boligrafo

• Un boligrafo

• Una boligrafo

Multiple Choice

La Sra. Smith es .... profesora simpatica.

• un

• una

Multiple Choice

Juan Carlos es .... chico perezoso.

• una

• un