articles or no articles
hello
in 1.3 the lady mentions that all nounes in spanish have to have articles before them...than in 1.4 she mentions the sentence "nosotros comemos manzanas" how come we said manazanas alone and not "nosotros comemos unas manzanas"???
Thanx
4 Answers
all nounes in spanish have to have articles before them
That's not a real rule. They have articles when they serve a purpose, and they don't when the article is not required. The use of the articles in English and Spanish are generally similar, although there are a few cases where the rules are different.
Well, not all spanish nouns require the article before them.
I suspect that all Spanish nouns require an article before them under certain circumstances/constructions and not in/under others. The issue is not the noun but the grammatical construction.
It is quite difficult (almost impossible) to give a definitive list of rules about when and when not to use articles(definite and indefinite) - both in Spanish and English.
Well, not all spanish nouns require the article before them.
The difference between: Nosotros comemos manzanas: We eat apples
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Nosotros comemos las manzanas: We eat the apples
The second one refers to some specific apples, while the previous is a more general sentence on a type of food you eat. But it's also way more complicated than that, and I still have trouble with it.
hth!
