Ballsbrige College of Further Education-Class 2-Date: 27/9/10

Learning Outcomes:

- Cardinal numbers from 1 to 100
- Definite and indefinite Articles
- Plurals
- Repeat a simple conversation held in a bar:

o     Order food and drinks

o     Ask for the bill

Definite Articles (Equivalent in English: “The”)

There are four forms of the definite article: two singular forms and two plural forms.

	MASCULINE	FEMENINE
SINGULAR	el	la
PLURAL	los	las

El vino.

Los vinos.

La silla.

Las sillas.

Indefinite Article (Equivalent in English “a”/un – “some”/unos o unas)

There are four forms of the indefinite article: two singular forms and two plural forms.

	MASCULINE	FEMENINE
SINGULAR	un	una
PLURAL	unos	unas

Un vaso de agua.

Unos vasos de agua.

Una tortilla.

Unas tortillas.

Plural

Nouns that end in vowels	Nouns that end in consonant	Internal changes
“s” Example: libroàlibros (bookàbooks)	“es” Example: ciudadàciudades (cityàcities)	One such common change is “-z” to “-c”: lápizà lápices (pencil àpencils)