Nouns and articles
Gender, plurals, and which little word goes in front.
A1
- Spanish noun gender and plurals, without the guessing
Every Spanish noun is masculine or feminine, and the ending usually tells you which. The reliable patterns, the exceptions, and how to form plurals.
- El, la, un, una: which article goes with which noun
Spanish has four definite articles and four indefinite ones, and the choice is forced by the noun. The full table, when to use each, and the el agua trap.
- Mi, tu, su — and este, ese, aquel
Possessives agree with the thing owned, not the owner, and su means four different things. Demonstratives come in three distances, not two.
A2
- Possession with de: Spanish has no apostrophe s
Spanish builds possession backwards from English, with de. Here is how to flip it, plus when de and el contract into del.
- Spanish quantifiers: mucho, poco, cada, todo, ningún
Which quantifiers agree with the noun and which never change, plus the article todo needs and the no that ningún drags along.