Learn how to use the Spanish definite articles for masculine and feminine plural nouns
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| INTRODUCTION |
| Javier: Hola soy Javier. Hi I’m Javier. |
| Jessie: Jessie here - Being a Spanish workaholic. In this lesson, you will learn how to use plural definite articles in Spanish, such as the cars. |
| Javier: los coches |
| Jessie: And the houses. |
| Javier: Las casas. Where does this conversation take place? |
| Jessie: This conversation takes place at a restaurant. |
| Javier: Who is the conversation between? |
| Jessie: The conversation is between Pedro and Maria, two university students. |
| Javier: Escuchemos la conversación. |
| Jessie: Let’s listen to the conversation. |
| DIALOGUE |
| 1. PEDRO: Son las diez de la noche, ¿vamos a tomar algo? |
| 2. MARÍA: No puedo, los domingos trabajo, me voy a casa. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Los domingos también? ¿Cuándo tienes fiesta? |
| 4. MARÍA: Sólo los sábados y las fiestas nacionales… |
| Jessie: Now let’s listen to the dialog one time slowly. |
| 1. PEDRO: Son las diez de la noche, ¿vamos a tomar algo? |
| 2. MARÍA: No puedo, los domingos trabajo, me voy a casa. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Los domingos también? ¿Cuándo tienes fiesta? |
| 4. MARÍA: Sólo los sábados y las fiestas nacionales… |
| Jessie: Now let’s listen to it with the translation. |
| 1. PEDRO: Son las diez de la noche, ¿vamos a tomar algo? |
| 1. PEDRO: It's ten P.M. Why don't we go have a drink? |
| 2. MARÍA: No puedo, los domingos trabajo, me voy a casa. |
| 2. MARÍA: I can't. I work every Sunday. I'm going to go home. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Los domingos también? ¿Cuándo tienes fiesta? |
| 3. PEDRO: Sundays too? When do you have a day off? |
| 4. MARÍA: Sólo los sábados y las fiestas nacionales… |
| 4. MARÍA: Only on Saturdays and national holidays... |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Javier: Shall we have a beer after recording this lesson? |
| Jessie: Sure where can we go? |
| Javier: We can go to any bar. |
| Jessie: Ah sure. In Spain, you have something called the Bar culture right? |
| Javier: Yeah. Cultura del Bar. Spain is the first or second country in the world with the more bars per person. |
| Jessie: Wow! That’s a lot and can you only drink alcohol there? |
| Javier: No bars in the Spain are also like cafes and sometimes like restaurants too. |
| Jessie: So you can have a coffee there? |
| Javier: Sure. These days, Ito cafes are more popular for coffee but before when we wanted to get a coffee, we went to a bar. |
| Jessie: Interesting. I wouldn’t have imagined getting a coffee at a bar. The bar culture of Spain sounds really nice. |
| Javier: I think so. We can stop in for a coffee or for beer or even a breakfast. It’s a place to relax with the newspaper, watch soccer on TV, talk to people and so on. |
| Jessie: It’s a place you spend a lot of time I see. |
| Javier: Yes. If you go to the Spain, I recommend you go to a bar. |
| Jessie: It sounds like it would be a good experience. |
| VOCAB LIST |
| Jessie: The first word is |
| Javier: diez |
| Jessie: Ten. |
| Javier: di-ez, diez |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: noche |
| Jessie: Night. |
| Javier: no-che, noche |
| Jessie: Next we have |
| Javier: algo |
| Jessie: Something. |
| Javier: al-go, algo |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: ir |
| Jessie: To go. |
| Javier: ir, ir |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: poder |
| Jessie: Can, to be able to |
| Javier: po-der, poder |
| Jessie: Next we have |
| Javier: domingo |
| Jessie: Sunday |
| Javier: do-min-go, domingo |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: también |
| Jessie: Also, to, as well. |
| Javier: tam-bién, también |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: trabajar |
| Jessie: To work. |
| Javier: tra-ba-jar, trabajar |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: fiesta |
| Jessie: Party, day off. |
| Javier: fi-es-ta, fiesta |
| Jessie: Next we have |
| Javier: solo |
| Jessie: Only, just |
| Javier: so-lo, solo |
| Jessie: Next is |
| Javier: tomar |
| Jessie: To drink, to take, to have. |
| Javier: to-mar, tomar |
| POST CONVERSATION BANTER |
| Let’s take a closer look at the usage for some of the words and phrases from this lesson. The first one we will look at is |
| Javier: tomar |
| Jessie: An ar verb meaning to take as in |
| Javier: Tomar el tren. |
| Jessie: To take the train. |
| Javier: However if we say ‘tomar’ plus a drink, it means |
| Jessie: To drink. So depending on the context, it can mean to take or to drink. |
| Javier: Yes for example, Tomar un café. |
| Jessie: To drink a coffee. |
| Javier: Or Tomar una cerveza. |
| Jessie: To drink a beer. What’s the next one we will look at? |
| Javier: poder |
| Jessie: An er verb meaning to be able to. Let’s look at some sentences with a word - poder |
| Javier: Puedo correr cinco kilómetros. |
| Jessie: I can run 5 kilometers. |
| Javier: Puedo comer tres big macs. |
| Jessie: I can eat three big macs. Great and how do you create the negative form? |
| Javier: You just add - no, before - poder. For example, No puedo ir. |
| Jessie: I can’t go |
| Javier: Or No puedo beber leche. |
| Jessie: I can’t drink Milk. |
| Jessie: Okay, now on to the focus. |
Lesson focus |
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| Jessie: The focus of this lesson is the usage of the definite article in Spanish. We will first focus on the plural ones. Xavier, what were the singular ones again? |
| Javier: El, for masculine and La, for feminine. |
| Jessie: Great. Now let’s hear some examples of the plural forms. |
| Javier: Los lápices. |
| Jessie: The pencils. |
| Javier: Las naranjas. |
| Jessie: The oranges. So the difference between them is the same as what we saw in the past lesson right? |
| Javier: Exactly. Los, is for masculine nouns. Another example Los plátanos. |
| Jessie: The Bananas. |
| Javier: And Las, is for feminine nouns. Another example, Las manzanas. |
| Jessie: The Apples. We already learned how to differentiate between masculine and feminine words and how to form the plurals. So we just need to use the proper definite article before the noun especially now that we’ve learned all of them. |
| Javier: Let’s see some more examples. |
| Jessie: Sure. |
| Javier: Las habitaciones. |
| Jessie: The rooms. |
| Javier: habitación |
| Jessie: Is feminine and |
| Javier: habitaciones |
| Jessie: Is the plural form. |
| Javier: Los caballos. |
| Jessie: The horses, horse in the singular is |
| Javier: caballo |
| Jessie: And in the plural, horses it’s |
| Javier: caballos |
| Jessie: And this is a masculine noun. Now in the last lesson, we saw some rules about when to use these articles and now we will look at a few more of these rules. For example, the definite article is used with the names of languages. |
| Javier: El chino. |
| Jessie: Chinese. |
| Javier: El inglés. |
| Jessie: English. They are also used when we tell time. |
| Javier: Son las dos. |
| Jessie: It’s 2 o’clock, and they are also used with some titles. |
| Javier: El doctor Martínez. |
| Jessie: Dr. Martinez |
| Javier: o, El señor Pérez. |
| Jessie: Mr. Perez. Okay so now let’s do some practice. Listen and repeat. The Pencils. |
| Javier: Los lápices. |
| Jessie: The Jackets. |
| Javier: Las chaquetas. |
| Jessie: 3 o’clock. |
| Javier: Las tres. |
| Jessie: The Chinese language. |
| Javier: El chino. |
| Jessie: Okay. Now let’s recap this lesson. We learned more rules about how to use the definite articles and we took a look at the plural forms. |
| Javier: That’s right. Los and Las. |
Outro |
| Jessie: Well, I think that’s all for this lesson. |
| Javier: Muchas gracias, thank you, hasta pronto |
| Jessie: Bye everyone. |
| 1. PEDRO: Son las diez de la noche, ¿vamos a tomar algo? |
| 2. MARÍA: No puedo, los domingos trabajo, me voy a casa. |
| 3. PEDRO: ¿Los domingos también? ¿Cuándo tienes fiesta? |
| 4. MARÍA: Sólo los sábados y las fiestas nacionales… |
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