Questions tagged [artículos]
Preguntas sobre artículos (definidos e indefinidos): número, tipo, género, etc. // Questions about articles (definite and indefinite): number, type, gender, etc.
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Why does beisbol need el?
I wrote a sentence:
Béisbol es muy divertido.
As a translation of 'Baseball is really fun.' And it was wrong.
The correct answer was:
El béisbol es muy divertido.
I wonder why my answer is wrong. ...
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The 2nd 'el' in 'El partido no es el lunes.' [duplicate]
The translation of 'The game is not on Monday.' is
'El partido no es el lunes.'
I'm curious why there is 'el' before lunes.
Is this because it refers to a specific Monday?
If it is true, there should ...
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Definite articles preceding people’s first names?
I have heard some Spanish speakers use a definite article before a person’s first name, e.g., “la Maria”. Based on my research, this is colloquial and is used in cases where the speaker feels close to ...
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Why is it "Día de las madres" but not "Día de madres"?
Related to "Día de Muertos" or "El Día de los Muertos"?
I understand when to use one or another but I can't articulate the reason.
For "Día de muertos" or "Fin de ...
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¿La habitación o el habitación?
En el libro de gramática la regla de artículos definidos especifica uso del "el" cuando el sonido de la primer sílaba del substantivo es "a", pero la respuesta del ejercicio es &...
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Confused about when to use an article
I still can't figure out when to use the article and when not to. I have read that when referring to classes of things, one uses the article.
So to say "dogs hate lemons" it is
los perros ...
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Preparo una cena vs. preparo la cena
In the Spanish grammar book I study there was a task to translate the following sentence to Spanish: "I prepare dinner".
I answered: "Preparo una cena".
Correct answer: "...
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use of article in sentences like "you do (something)" vs "you love to do (something)"
tú tocas música - you play music.
te encanta la música - you love music.
I can't wrap my head around why there is no article in the first, but an article is needed in the second. I understand the ...
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Definite article. el ala [duplicate]
I was wondering if "el ala" belonged to those group of nouns that start with an "a", where the definite article changes from LA to EL.
I also read that the indefinite article "...
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How to refer to body parts
I was taught in school that it is incorrect to use possessive pronouns to refer to body parts, and instead to use articles (for example, "me duele el estómago"). However, I frequently hear ...
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When to drop definite articles?
Spotify just recommended me the song "Vamos a Marte" and the first thing that came into my mind was, that the article is missing.
"marte" is a masculine word (am I right?)
So the ...
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When to use a definite article before a country name?
This is a minor grammar doubt I've had for some years and never entirely understood. It seems like, generally, country names are said without el or la in front, but occasionally they are.
This seems ...
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"Ser primero" vs "ser el primero"
¿En esta película de Hollywood traducida al español https://youtu.be/aGxyZsiB9Mg por qué en 52:28 un hombre dijo "ser primero" y en 52:43 dijo "ser el primero" en vez de "ser ...
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"una tercera dosis" o "la tercera dosis" o "tercera dosis" (sin artículo)
Pensaba que con los números ordinales deben usarse solamente los artículos definidos. Por supuesto, hay excepciones (ej.: Carlos quinto, feliz tercer mes de lo vuestro, seremos primeros de grupo, por ...
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El uso y el no uso de los artículos con la palabra "tiempo"
Soy consciente de que usamos el artículo indefinido con la palabra "tiempo" para decir "some time" y me parece que eso forma parte de las frases comunes (como en inglés):
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