Articles, Gender and Number

SPN 601D Capítulos 1 y 2 Nombre ______Fecha ______Articles, Gender and Number I. Articles

Articles in Spanish inflect for both ______and ______, depending on the referent. Gender: ______(ex. libro) or ______(ex. mesa). Number: ______(ex. libro, mesa) or ______(ex. libros, mesas).

Indefinite English a, an some, few

Definite English the the

______articles are typically used to refer to ______(new/old) information, while ______articles are generally used to mark information ______(known/unknown) to the speaker.

Example: Hay un libro de español en la mesa. Es el libro del curso. There’s a Spanish book on the table. It’s the course book.

II. Gender The gender of ______nouns typically coincides with the sex of the referent. Ex. El hombre ‘the man’, La mujer ‘the woman’ The gender of ______nouns is assigned arbitrarily. Ex. El día ‘the day’, la noche ‘the night’ Most ______nouns end in –o; most ______nouns end in ______.