Why do these examples have different starting words?
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Why do these examples have different starting words?
Un brazo Una mano La pierna El pelo
Why not have them all the same.
¡Estoy confundido!
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updated Jun 12, 2011
posted by monkeybars
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The articles change depending on the gender (masculine/feminine) and number (singular, plural) of the nouns that they precede.
Un brazo (brazo is a singular, masculine noun)(un is an indefinite article)
Una mano (mano is a singular, feminine noun)(una is an indefinite article)
La pierna (pierna is a singular, feminine noun)(la is a definite article)
El pelo (pelo is a singular, masculine noun)(el is a definite article)
updated Jun 12, 2011
edited by 0074b507
posted by 0074b507
Very good as usual. - Eddy, Jun 12, 2011
Thank you so much. One last thing. What if you don't know. If it shows a picture of an arm is it un brazo or una brazo? - monkeybars, Jun 12, 2011
