Definite Articles
When the article goes before the adjective, this one turns into a noun because of the article: ¿Cuál es tu coche? El amarillo.
The neuter article lo + adjective has an abstract value, it does not make reference to a specific object: Lo hermoso.
| Masculine singular | Femenine singular | Masculine plural | Femenine plural | Neuter |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| El | La | Los | Las | Lo |
| *We use El when the noun next to it begins with stressed a- or ha-: el agua, el ave, el hacha. In the plural it recovers the feminine form: las aguas, las aves, las hachas. | ||||
Indefinite Articles
They are used to refer for the first time to something, to indentify a person within a group or to express something with an approximate value: : mi hermana ha recibido una invitación.
| Masculine singular | Femenine singular | Masculine plural | Femenine plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Un | Una | Unos | Unas |
Presence and absence of the article
-With concrete countable nouns: el , la, los y las. Quiero el vaso verde.
-With abstract countable nouns: un, una, unos y unas. Quiero un pantalón vaquero.
-With uncountable nouns . Quiero azúcar.
Demonstrative Determiners
They are the words that accompany the noun in order to show the distance between the speaker and the object to which it makes reference.
The demonstrative determiners have the same gender and number as the noun to which they accompany.
| Singular | Plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | Femenine | Masculine | Femenine | ||
| Distancie | Cerca | Este | Esta | Estos | Estas |
| Media | Ese | Esa | Esos | Esas | |
| Lejos | Aquel | Aquella | Aquellos | Aquellas | |
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