Definite and Indefinite Articles

[00:00:01]¡Buenos dias! Okay so today's topic will  be articles. We have definite articles and indefinite articles. Definite articles  is when the noun you are modifying is like more specific and the indefinite articles  is for unspecified nouns. Now, in English, you only have one definite article, which is: the  t h e. But, in Spanish, we have four. We have: el, we have: la, we have: los. and we have: las.

[00:00:44]Now, it all depends of the noun. If the  noun is masculine singular, we are using: el. If the noun is feminine singular, we are  using: la. If the noun is masculine plural, more than one, it will be: los, and if the  noun is feminine plural, it will be: las.

[00:01:10]Now, if the noun that you are modifying is  um it has multiple like mixed boys and girls, you always go with the masculine plural and we're  gonna see some examples. Now in English you will use um, the, all the time. It doesn't matter if  it is plural or singular or if it is masculine or feminine. So if we're gonna say um, the  teacher, the male teacher, in Spanish, it's uh, el maestro. Why el maestro? Well, because it's  just one and it's masculine. So, it will be: el maestro. Okay? El maestro. Just one. But, if that teacher is feminine, it's a  female, it will be: la. La Maestra.

[00:02:11]Because it's just one, but it's feminine and  in Spanish we have to specify: male, female, singular, singular. Now, what happen if we have  two teachers? and both of them are masculine.

[00:02:26]How would it be? Los, okay? It will be: los  maestros because is plural and is all boys. Los maestros, but what if they're just  girls? if we have three teachers and and all of them are female, it  will be: las maestras, feminine.

[00:02:59]Okay? So, las maestras. Now, if we have a female  teacher and a male teacher, mix and it's plural, we use: los. If it is mix plural, we always  go for the masculine plural. Okay? So, all of these in English, the equivalent  is: the, t-h-e. In Spanish, we have: el, masculine singular. La, feminine singular. Los,  masculine plural, and las, femenine plural.

[00:03:30]But remember that if it's mix and plural,  we go with the masculine plural. Okay?

[00:03:44]Now, we have the indefinite articles. The  indefinite articles in English are: a, an, and some. Okay? So, a, an, and  some. We have three. In Spanish, we also have four, just like the definite  articles. We have four. We have: un, una Unos and unas. Now, when do we use un? when do we use  una? Well, that depends on the noun. If the noun is masculine singular, we use: un. If the noun you  are modifying is feminine singular, we use: una.

[00:04:39]If the noun is plural masculine, we use: unos  and if it is plural feminine, we use: unas.

[00:04:49]Now, if it is mixed like feminine masculine and  plural, we always go with the masculine plural: unos. Now, we're going to see some examples.  Let's say that you want to say in English um a girl or a boy. A boy will be: un niño.

[00:05:15]Because it's just one and it's masculine, a  boy. Okay? a boy. Now, a girl will be: una niña.

[00:05:29]Why? Well, because a girl, it's uh, is  feminine and is just one. So, we go with: una.

[00:05:36]Now, let's say that we have two kids and  they're both boys, so it will be: unos niños.

[00:05:48]How many kids? More than one, well that's plural.  Unos niños. Now, if those kids happen to be girls, two or more it will be: unas, unas niñas.

[00:06:08]Because is more than one, plural  and they're feminine, all of them.

[00:06:13]Now, if we have a boy and a girl, we go with what? Unos. Boy and girl makes plural.  We go with the masculine plural: unos niños.

[00:06:28]So, again. Remember that the equivalent of:  the in Spanish is: el, la, los or las. And this is called the definite article.  And it's for very specific nouns. And the equivalent of: a, an, and some in  Spanish will be: un, una, unos or unas.

[00:06:49]And this is called the indefinite article  and this is for unspecified nouns.

[00:06:57]Okay? So, that's it for today, for this  topic. And um yeah! we'll see you around.