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