The Article - El Artículo

Articles are words like "the", "a", or "an". They are used with nouns. They give us some extra information about the noun.

The Definite Article in Spanish is

el - before a masculine noun singular
la - before a feminine noun singular

los - before a masculine noun plural
las - before a feminine noun plural

The Indefinite Article is:

un - before a masculine noun singular
una - before a feminine noun singular

The Indefinite Article has no plural, but the Spanish plural forms "unos" (masc.) and "unas" (fem.) translate the English words "some" or "any," as unos hermanos (some brothers), unas hermanas (some sisters), unos tinteros (some inkstands), unas mesas (some tables). (The Spanish words "algunos," "algunas," are also used for the same purpose.)

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