{"id":102,"date":"2015-09-28T20:21:50","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T20:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.candelalearning.com\/spanish1oli\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=102"},"modified":"2015-10-10T20:49:28","modified_gmt":"2015-10-10T20:49:28","slug":"estructuras-gramaticales-el-articulo-definido-e-indefinido","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/umes-spanish\/chapter\/estructuras-gramaticales-el-articulo-definido-e-indefinido\/","title":{"raw":"El art\u00edculo definido e indefinido","rendered":"El art\u00edculo definido e indefinido"},"content":{"raw":"&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSpanish, like English, has two types of articles: definite and indefinite. The definite article (equivalent to \"the\") is used to:\r\n\r\nrefer to something\/someone who is known\/familiar\/specific:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Give me the book.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S508.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Dame el libro.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nor, to refer to something which is considered to be general rather than particular or specific, as in:\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Dog is a man\u2019s best friend.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S509.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> El perro es el mejor amigo del hombre.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe indefinite article, which means \"a\/an,\" refers to something which is not known, or to something that is indifferent to the speaker.\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Give me a book.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S510.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Dame un libro.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\nThe definite and indefinite articles must agree with the noun in both gender and number.\r\n\r\nart\u00edculos definidos\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th><\/th>\r\n<th>singular<\/th>\r\n<th>plural<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>masculino<\/th>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"the\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S511.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> el<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"the\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S512.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> los<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>femenino<\/th>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"the\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S513.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> la<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"the\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S514.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> las<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nart\u00edculos indefinidos\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th><\/th>\r\n<th>singular<\/th>\r\n<th>plural<\/th>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>masculino<\/th>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"a\/an\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S515.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> un<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"some\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S516.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> unos<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>femenino<\/th>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"a\/an\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S517.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> una<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"some\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S518.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> unas<\/a><\/span><\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\nWhen the masculine singular definite article <span class=\"foreign\">el<\/span> directly follows the prepositions <span class=\"foreign\">a<\/span> or <span class=\"foreign\">de<\/span> in a sentence, a contraction must be formed:\r\n\r\n<span class=\"foreign\">a<\/span>+<span class=\"foreign\">el<\/span>=<span class=\"foreign\">al<\/span>\r\n\r\n<span class=\"foreign\">de<\/span>+<span class=\"foreign\">el<\/span>=<span class=\"foreign\">del<\/span>\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Juan is the teacher\u2019s son.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S519.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Juan es el hijo <em>del<\/em> profesor.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"I go to the park everyday.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S520.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Yo voy <em>al<\/em> parque todos los d\u00edas.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3><\/h3>","rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spanish, like English, has two types of articles: definite and indefinite. The definite article (equivalent to &#8220;the&#8221;) is used to:<\/p>\n<p>refer to something\/someone who is known\/familiar\/specific:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Give me the book.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S508.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Dame el libro.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>or, to refer to something which is considered to be general rather than particular or specific, as in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Dog is a man\u2019s best friend.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S509.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> El perro es el mejor amigo del hombre.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The indefinite article, which means &#8220;a\/an,&#8221; refers to something which is not known, or to something that is indifferent to the speaker.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"translation\" title=\"Give me a book.\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S510.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> Dame un libro.<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The definite and indefinite articles must agree with the noun in both gender and number.<\/p>\n<p>art\u00edculos definidos<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>singular<\/th>\n<th>plural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>masculino<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"the\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S511.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> el<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"the\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S512.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> los<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>femenino<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"the\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S513.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> la<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"the\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S514.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> las<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>art\u00edculos indefinidos<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th><\/th>\n<th>singular<\/th>\n<th>plural<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>masculino<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"a\/an\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S515.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> un<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"some\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S516.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> unos<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th>femenino<\/th>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"a\/an\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S517.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> una<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<td><span class=\"translation\" title=\"some\"><a href=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/l1_leccion1\/webcontent\/S1L1S518.mp3\" target=\"audio\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/textimgs\/olispanish1\/play.svg#fixme\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"20\" height=\"20\" border=\"0\" \/> unas<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>When the masculine singular definite article <span 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