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Articles
Articles
Articles are words that mean the, a, one or some. In Spanish, articles have different endings for feminine, masculine, singular or plural, and they agree with the noun they accompany:

  • el hombre the man, la mesa the table, los libros the books, las novelas the novels
  • un hombre a man, una mesa a table, unos libros some books, unas novelas some novels


    • The article is, actually, the best way to find out the gender of a noun. El problema, for instance, is a masculine noun, even if it ends in a, and la mano, is a feminine noun ending in o.

    Practise with a story from below


    Agreement
    El gen que nos hizo hablar
    First language gene discovered
    With quiz     		Definite or indefinite?
    Deporte y sexo: el debate
    Sex before a big competition may help
    With quiz and matching audio     		Definite or indefinite?
    Contragolpe a la violencia - el "Golombiao"
    Football keeps violence at bay in the streets of Colombia
    With quiz and matching audio


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