# 04. Articles

- **Time range:** 00:16:23 – 00:18:54  (duration 00:02:31)
- **Source:** [A Complete Guide To Every Fundamental In Spanish (The Conclusion)](https://youtube.com/watch?v=YHDZSHCt1DE&t=983s)

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**[00:16:24]** two types of Articles definite and

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> Definite: Indefinite:

**[00:16:25]** indefinite articles definite articles

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> Definite: Indefinite: the "the" book

**[00:16:27]** speak of the articles the in English and it's also known as the article that specifies something such as the book

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> Definite: Indefinite: the a, an, some "the" book "a" book

**[00:16:33]** indefinite articles speak of a and or some also known as articles that generalize things like a book in Spanish both types of Articles have gender and plurality the definite article the in

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> Spanish Definite Articles: (the) el ——-> the(m &s) la ——> the(f&s)

**[00:16:43]** Spanish is L the masculine and singular and La feminine and singular a Libro

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> Spanish Definite Articles: (the) el libro ———- > the book

**[00:16:48]** means the book and we know that this article is masculine because the ending

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> Spanish Definite Articles: (the) el libro ———> the book

**[00:16:52]** of the noun that follows the article is masculine most nouns in Spanish that end

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> Spanish Definite Articles: (the) el libro ———-> the book KRY

**[00:16:55]** in o tend to be masculine so we have to put the masculine definite article L likewise we do the same with the

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> Spanish Definite Articles: (the) ellibro ———-> the book la piscina ———> the pool RK’

**[00:17:00]** feminine article Laina means the pool we know this article is feminine because it corresponds with the noun after it which is feminine most souns in Spanish that end in a tend to be feminine so we have to put the feminine definite article La

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> Spanish Definite Articles: (the) el ——-> los la ——> las

**[00:17:12]** if we want to pluralize the Articles L becomes Los and La becomes l so Los

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> Spanish Definite Articles: (the) el ——> los libros —— the books la —> las piscinas —— the pools

**[00:17:17]** libros would be the books and Nas would be the pools indefinite articles look

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> Spanish Indefinite Articles: (a, an, some) un —-> a/an(m&s) una ——> a/an(f &s)

**[00:17:22]** like this in Spanish un is a or n masculine and singular and una is a or n feminine and singular un Libro would be

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> Spanish Indefinite Articles: (a, an, some) unlibro ©—~ abook una piscina —— a pool

**[00:17:30]** a book and una Pina would be a pool also

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> un libro - a book uno libro - one book

**[00:17:33]** it's really important not to say uno Libro because if we say that we're saying one book instead of a book we're

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> un libro - a book Und libre~si= book

**[00:17:39]** working with articles not numbers so if

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> Spanish Indefinite Articles: (a, an, some) un > unos libros ——; some books una——> unas piscinas ——- some pools

**[00:17:41]** we want to pluralize them we say Unos lios some books and unas some pools there are however a few strange words in Spanish and we need to cover those to such as class and car they both end with

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> la(s) clase(s) ——— the class(es) la(s) carne(s) ——>, the meat(s)

**[00:17:53]** e but they actually use the feminine article La so la class is the class and La car is the meat other words may end in D such Asad and unad and those also

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> la(s) ciudad(es) —> the city(ies) la(s) universidad(es) ————> the university(ies)

**[00:18:04]** use the feminine article La soad is the City and LA Universidad is the University you might also find words ending inion which is the English version of words ending in t n and these words also tend to use the feminine

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> la(s) accidén(es) ——— the action(s)

**[00:18:15]** article La so la Aion is the action at last you might find a few exceptions like prma and prog and you would think that these words are feminine because they end in a but actually they end in Ma and words that end in MA in Spanish

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> el problema ——— the problem el programa ——— the program

**[00:18:28]** use the masculine article L Elma is the problem and El prog is the program two

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> el problema ——— the problem el programa ——-, the program dia agua

**[00:18:34]** more common words is Dia and AUA and you want to say that those are feminine because they end in a but they actually use the masculine article l l is the day

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> el problema ——— the problem el programa ——_, the program el dia ———> the day el agua ——— > the water

**[00:18:42]** and L AUA is the water there's also this

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> el problema ———> the problem el programa ——1 the program el dia ——— the day el agua ——— > the water foto

**[00:18:45]** word photo and this word actually uses the feminine article LA because photo is

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> el problema ——— the problem el programa ——-, the program el dia ——— the day el agua ———> the water la foto

**[00:18:49]** short for photographia it ends in a so

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> el problema ———> the problem el programa ——., the program el dia ———> the day el agua ——— > the water la fotografia ——— the photograph

**[00:18:52]** you want to put La in the beginning the
