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Grammar. Gender of nouns in Spanish.
In Spanish all the nouns are masculine or feminine.
For nouns that express entities with gender (people, animals..) there is both a feminine form and a masculine form (example: profesor (m), profesora (f))
The nouns that express entities without gender (objects, abstract concepts) have only one form. This form can be masculine or feminine.
Normally, the feminine words finalize with the letter 'a' and the masculine words end with the letter 'o'.
Examples:
Masculine words:
caballo horse
perro dog
libro book
amor love
Femenine words:
paloma dove
hierba grass
casa house
libertad freedom
Grammar. The definite article:
As you know, in Spanish, the nouns can be feminine or masculine.
In English the definite article is always “the”.
In Spanish, the definite article is different - depending on the noun being feminine, masculine, singular or plural.
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Article |
Example | |
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feminine, singular |
la |
la mujer (the woman) |
|
masculine, singular |
el |
el hombre (the man) |
|
feminine, plural |
las |
las mujeres (the women) |
|
masculine, plural |
los |
los hombres (the men) |
Grammar. The indefinite article:
In English de indefinite articles are "a" and "an" (singular) or "some" (plural).
In Spanish there are different forms for feminine, masculine, singular or plural.
|
Article |
Example | |
|
feminine, singular |
la |
una mujer (a woman) |
|
masculine, singular |
el |
un hombre (a man) |
|
feminine, plural |
las |
unas mujeres (some women) |
|
masculine, plural |
los |
unos hombres (some men) |
Hi Wintermute, this looks really nice! Great work! I have restructured Lesson 2 a little bit so that you can put your grammar section right in the beginning (the gender of nouns should definitely go before doing 'matching adjectives' - my fault, I didn't think of that before...) Thomas
P.S. your English is very good, I just made some minor changes.
Pronombres personales. (Personal pronouns.)
Ejercicio 1.
Rellena los espacios en blanco con los pronombres personales correctos en Español.
Exercise 1.
Fill the blank spaces with the correct Spanish personal pronous.
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Inglés: |
Español |
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English: |
Spanish: |
| -- | -- |
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I am |
Yo soy |
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You are |
______ eres |
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He is |
______ es |
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She is |
______ es |
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We are |
______ somos |
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You are |
______ sois |
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They are |
______ son |
Ejercicio 2.
Rellena los espacios en blanco con los pronombres personales correctos en español.
Exercise 2.
Fill the blank spaces with the correct Spanish personal pronouns.
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Inglés: |
Español |
|
English: |
Spanish: |
| -- | -- |
|
You are |
Vosotros estáis |
|
He is |
______ está |
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You are |
______ estás |
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I am |
______ estoy |
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They are |
______ están |
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We are |
______ estamos |
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She is |
______ está |
This looks great. I have put in a link to Spanish Exercises Personal Pronouns in Lesson 1. You can just go and fill the link with your exercises as content! -- Thomas
Llena los espacios en blanco con la forma verbal correcta del verbo "ser". Fill the blank spaces with the correct form of the ver "ser" (to be).
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Inglés: |
Español |
|
English: |
Spanish: |
| -- | -- |
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I am your brother. |
Yo soy tu hermano. |
|
I am your sister. |
Yo ____ tu hermana. |
|
You are my friend. |
Tu ____ mi amigo. |
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He is a good man. |
El ____ un buen hombre. |
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She is a traveller. |
Ella ____ una viajera. |
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We are studendts. |
Nosotros ____ estudiantes. |
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You are dangerous. |
Vosotros ____ peligrosos. |
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They are persons. |
Ellos ____ personas. |
Llena los espacios en blanco con la forma verbal correcta del verbo "estar". Fill the blank spaces with the correct form of the ver "estar" (to be).
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Inglés: |
Español |
|
English: |
Spanish: |
| -- | -- |
|
I am in my house. |
Yo _____ en mi casa. |
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You are in the correct place. |
Tu _____ en el sitio correcto. |
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He is in Europe. |
El _____ en Europa. |
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We are in America. |
Nosotros _____ en America. |
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You are in África. |
Vosotros _____ en África. |
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They are ill. |
Ellos _____ enfermos. |
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You are angry. |
Tu _____ enfadado. |
Llena los espacios en blanco con la forma verbal correcta del verbo "ser" o "estar".
Fill the blank spaces with the correct form of the ver "ser" or "estar" (to be).
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Inglés: |
Español |
|
English: |
Spanish: |
| -- | -- |
|
I am in Xine. |
Yo estoy en China.(soy/estoy) |
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You are my friend. |
Tu _____ mi amigo.(eres/estás) |
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You are there. |
Tu _____ allí. (eres/estás) |
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She is my sister. |
Ella _____ mi hermana. (es/está) |
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He is ill. |
El _____ enfermo. (es/está) |
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We are ready. |
Nosotros _____ preparados. (somos/estamos) |
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We are intelligent. |
Nosotros _____ inteligentes. (somos/estamos) |
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You are in Europe. |
Vosotros _____ en Europa. (sois/estáis) |
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You are sad. |
Vosotros _____ tristes. (sois/estáis) |
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They are sympathetic. |
Ellos ____ comprensivos. (son/están) |
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They are interesting people. |
Ellos ____ gente interesante. (son/están) |