The definite and indefinite articles: the, a, an, and some: Los artículos definidos e indefinidos: el, la, los, las y, un, una, unos y unas.

The students are learning when to use the definite article (“the”) and indefinite articles (“a,” ”an,” and ”some”) in Spanish. To determine the correct Spanish article, students need to be able to determine if the corresponding noun is masculine or feminine.  This process is usually a challenge to English-speaking students because English does not grammatically denote nouns as masculine or feminine.  The definite article “the,” for example, might be the Spanish equivalent of “el,” “la,” “los,” or “las,” depending on whether the corresponding noun is masculine or feminine, singular or plural.