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The article points to the word that follows in the sentence, announces its gender and number.

The article updates the meaning of the name or, on the contrary, generalizes it, giving rise to the following classification:

Determined or defined article: select from all of its class, to a specific object and previously known by the participants in the conversation, examples:

No olvides las llaves.(Do not forget the keys.)

         El automóvil nos recogió al amanecer. (The car picked us up at dawn.)

Singular Plural
Male el los
Female la las
Neutro lo -

Article indeterminate or indefinite: refers to beings or objects not identified, either because they are different within a group, example:

Necesito un lápiz (cualquier lápiz) (I need a pencil (Any pencil))        

Or because they are unknown to the speaker, example

Me aguarda una sorpresa (A surprise awaits me)

Singular Plural
Male un/uno unos
Female una unas

        

Singularities of the article against female names[edit | edit source]

The article matches its endings with the gender and number of the modified word (los niños, la muchacha, el caballo). However before the feminine nouns that begin with “a” or “ha” tonicas (Accented), the article takes the form “el” example

El águila – el hacha – el alba – el agua

For its part “una” becomes in “un” example:

Un asa – un hambre

This rule does not affect the adjective (la amplia plaza), Nor to the noun that previously has a complement (la majestuosa águila). In the same way are exceptions the proper names of women when they are used with article (la Alba (used as name)), As well as the letters of the alphabet (la a, la hache)

Contracciones al y del [edit | edit source]

Preceded by prepositions a or de the determined article "el" loses its first letter and forms a single word, example:

-He leído solo la portada del (de + el) periódico

-Trata de mirar al(a + el) punto más alto

The union is avoided only when "el" or "la" is included in a proper name, example:

-Este es el clima característico de El Bierza.

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