SPA111:Definte and Indefinite Articles

DEFINITE ARTICLES In English, the definite article, the, is used before a noun to identify a specific person, place, animal, thing or idea. The Spanish Definite Article has to agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. the Singular Plural Masculine Masculine el los Singular Plural Feminine Feminine la las Contractions: al and del The preposition a, meaning to, at when added to ‘el’ is written as al The preposition de, meaning of, from when added to ‘el’ is written as del INDEFINITE ARTICLES In English, the indefinite articles, a, an, some, are used before a noun to identify a non-specific person, place, animal, thing or idea. The Spanish Indefinite Article has to agree in gender and number with the noun it modifies. Un, una, some Singular Plural Masculine Masculine un unos Singular Plural Feminine Feminine una unas