How to use Articles in Spanish

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INSTRUMENTAL SPANISH COURSE
Do you know what articles are in Spanish and how and when to use them?

Have you noticed how often they appear in master's and doctoral proficiency texts?

So, let's now study this subject and make a great textual interpretation and a perfect translation.

Articles are the class of words that country email list precede the noun and their function is to indicate its gender, whether masculine or feminine, and the number, which can be singular or plural, as well as making it clear whether this noun is definite or indefinite.

Let's look at some examples:

Marina is my daughter 's friend .

José is my son's friend . (José is my son's friend . )

Marina and Lucía are my daughter's friends . (Marina and Lucía are my daughter's friends. )

I have a cousin who lives in Spain. (I have a cousin who lives in Spain.)

Buy some new shirts . (I bought some new shirts.)

As you can see in the examples above, the articles will always agree with the noun, giving it the correct meaning and contributing to the harmony of the sound of the sentence.



CLASSIFICATION OF ARTICLES IN SPANISH
Articles in Spanish are classified as DETERMINANTS or DETERMINED, INDETERMINATES or INDETERMINED and NEUTRAL.

Let's now look at the characteristics of each one and how to use them.

1. Articles in Spanish – Determined or Determiners
The determined or determinative articles in Spanish are those that, as the name suggests, determine, define the noun in a precise, exact way. They are: EL (masculine singular), LOS (masculine plural), LA (feminine singular) and LAS (feminine plural).