The defined article is placed before the seasons of the year, the days of the week, certain expressions of time, parts of the body, clothing, and certain official country names. El invierno es muy frío. (The Winter is very cold.) (seasons of the year) El lunes es un buen día. (Monday is a good […]
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The defined article is used before a title of courtesy, except for when the person is directly addressed. El señor Ramírez trabaja en la escuela (Mr. Ramírez Works in the school.) Buenos días señor Ramírez. (Good day mr. Ramírez.) La señorita Rodríguez vive en Antigua. (Mrs. Rodríguez lives in Antigua.) Pase adelante señorita Rodríguez. (Come […]
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If a word ends with a stressed vocal that is not an –e, nor the words papá, mamá or sofá, the plural is made by adding –es at the end. Singular Plural Colibrí (humming bird) Colibríes (humming birds) Rubí (ruby) Rubíes (rubies)
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If a word ends with –z in the singular form, the –z is replaced by –c in the plural form. Singular Plural Luz (light) Luces (lights) Lápiz (pencil) Lápices (pencils) Cruz (cross) Cruces (crosses) Vez (time) Veces (times) Raíz (root) Raíces (roots) Pez (fish) […]
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The plural of the words papá (father), mamá (mother) and sofá (sofa) by adding an –s at the end. Singular Plural Papá Papás Mamá Mamás Sofá Sofás
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Words that don’t change have two or more syllables and end with an –s and are not acute. The days of the week except sabado (Saturday) and domingo (Sunday) for example. Singular […]
read more »If a word ends with a consonant, -es is added at the end to form the plural. Singular Plural Papel (paper) Papeles (papers) Pared (wall) Paredes (walls) Reloj (watch) Reloches (watches) Motor (motor) motores (motors) Volcán (volcano) Volcanes (volcanoes)
read more »If a word ends with an unstressed vocal, or with a stressed -e, the plural is formed by adding an –s at the end. Singular Plural Persona (person) Personas (people) Casa (house) Casas (houses) Vaso (glass) Vasos (glasses) Café (coffee) Cafés (coffees)
read more »The commons: Words with the same ending for both genders. Estudiante (student), dentista (dentist), paciente (patient), periodista (journalist), gerente (manager), cliente (client), joven (teen), conserje (janitor), guía (guide), etc.
read more »Ambiguous: Words that do not have a gender, and can thus be written with both feminine and masculine articles, without changing the definition of the noun. Lente (lens), mar (sea), arte (art), dote (dowry), azúcar (sugar), etc. The use of articles will be explained in Chapter 3.
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