Comments on: 01-025 Nouns, definite articles, and classroom vocabulary

By: Frederik

Frederik — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:19:45 +0000

Hey Senor Jordan!
Why does every noun have to be a certain gender? It doesn’t make sense to me.
Thanks dude!
Frederik:)

By: Ybbil Yoj

Ybbil Yoj — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 18:02:36 +0000

Senor Jordan,
Do you have books or videos or something like that you sell?
Thanks,
Ybbil Yoj

By: randy ballweg

randy ballweg — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:13:13 +0000

When the exercise is to translate from English to Spanish, many times the definite article (el or la) is part of the answer, but the word “the” is not in the sentence to be translated, while in others, the answer is what I expected, with no “el” or “la”.

Example: “wears used clothing”
answer: “lleva la ropa usado” definite article added

” spends all her money on cosmetics and clothing”
answer: ” gasta todo su dinero en los cosmeticos y la ropa” articles added

But
example: “some of them don’t have paper”
answer : “varias no tienen papel ” No article for paper

Just a couple examples of many.
What am I missing here ? I don’t see the logic/reasoning.
Thanks

By: simon grant

simon grant — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 11:01:55 +0000

hi again
i think what might have been useful is the exception
for feminine nouns like agua
which are use the definete article el
as la agua would not sound as nice
el agua fria for example does not appear to match gender which confused me

By: John

John — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:56:22 +0000

Hi Senior Jordan. Angela and I just want to say Muchas Gracias. We are Canadian snowbirds who like to travel through Mexico during the winter months. We try to speak spanish whenever we can when in Mexico but find it difficult to practice in Canada as there are so few spanish speaking people. Your lessons have made a huge difference in our abilities. Su lecciones son la mas facille manera que yo he encontrado a aprendar la lengua espanol. (Hope that was close). You sir, are making a difference. Thanks again and I would love to shake your hand someday.

John and Angela