Use the Given Noun Gender
Singular definite articles are el for masculine nouns and la for feminine nouns in these examples.
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- The supplied dictionary label is libro: masculine, singular. Which complete definite noun group follows that label? Candidate answers: (A) el libro (B) la libro (C) las libro (D) los libro.
- The supplied dictionary label is mesa: feminine, singular. Which complete definite noun group follows that label? Candidate answers: (A) el mesa (B) la mesa (C) las mesa (D) los mesa.
Learn the idea
Articles and adjectives carry grammatical gender and number. Use the supplied noun labels and referents to build complete noun groups; grammatical gender is a property of a word rather than a judgment about a person. Singular definite articles are el for masculine nouns and la for feminine nouns in these examples. Word endings offer clues, but exceptions such as el mapa and la mano make a supplied dictionary label more reliable.
Read the noun’s stated grammatical gender. Choose the matching singular article and preserve the noun. Learn the complete noun-and-article pair rather than infer every gender from its final letter.
A noun ending in a is not automatically feminine, and one ending in o is not automatically masculine. These tasks omit feminine stressed-a article exceptions so the stated el/la rule has the exact taught scope.
- Copy the supplied example and underline its speaker, noun, time cue or evidence words.
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See the method in action
Supplied case: The supplied dictionary label is libro: masculine, singular. Which complete definite noun group follows that label? Candidate answers: (A) el libro (B) la libro (C) las libro (D) los libro. Solution: libro is explicitly labeled masculine and singular, so the article is el. The complete group is el libro. Trust the label even when a spelling ending resembles another frequent pattern. Final result: el libro. A noun ending in a is not automatically feminine, and one ending in o is not automatically masculine. These tasks omit feminine stressed-a article exceptions so the stated el/la rule has the exact taught scope.
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Helpful tips
- Read the noun’s stated grammatical gender.
- A noun ending in a is not automatically feminine, and one ending in o is not automatically masculine.
See the answer and explanation
la mesa
mesa is explicitly labeled feminine and singular, so the article is la. The complete group is la mesa. Trust the label even when a spelling ending resembles another frequent pattern.
Take it further
The supplied dictionary label is día: masculine, singular. Which complete definite noun group follows that label? Candidate answers: (A) el día (B) la día (C) las día (D) los día. Expected result: el día. día is explicitly labeled masculine and singular, so the article is el. The complete group is el día. Trust the label even when a spelling ending resembles another frequent pattern.
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