UNIT 1 LESSON 1Sustantivos y preposiciones
Nouns and Prepostions
VOCABULARY
y In the Spanish language, the letter y means
“and” Pronounce like Spanish “i” or “ee” as in the word
meet. un hombre y el carro => a man and a car
una nina y un nino => a girl and a boy
GRAMMAR: NOUNS Nouns are words that
name people, places, things, and ideas.
Spanish nouns have gender Masculine (typically end
in “o”) el hombre el muchacho
Feminine (typically end in “a”)
la mujer la nina
The article (la or el) with the noun will help you to determine if the noun is masculine of feminine.
GRAMMAR: INDEFINITE ARTICLES
Introduces a masculine singular noun un caballo
Introduces a feminine singular noun una mesa
un una
The words “a” and “an” in English
GRAMMAR: CONJUNCTIONS AND PREPOSITIONS
A word that connects other words, phrases, clauses, or sentences. and but as because
un nino y un perro
Expresses time, manner, or place
Comes before the noun it modifies debajo de un avion
under an airplane la mujer encima de
un caballo
Conjunction Preposition
END OF LESSON 1-10Sustantivos y preposiciones
