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Preguntas sobre artículos (definidos e indefinidos): número, tipo, género, etc. // Questions about articles (definite and indefinite): number, type, gender, etc.

Preguntas sobre artículos:

  • Tipos (Determinados vs. indeterminados), género y/o número.
  • Contracciones: voy al bosque vs. voy a el bosque, vengo del bosque etc
  • Uso con palabras que empiezan por /a/: El águila - Las ágilas

Questions about articles: number, type, gender, etc.

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Is there a general rule for where to use the definite article in "algo de algo" or "algo del/de la algo"?

There are collocations like camino de tierra gafas de sol día de trabajo museo de antropología museo de arte escuela de idiomas casa de papel villancico de navidad but also others like estado del arte dirección del trabajo museo del oro Museo del…
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Why to add "la" after "viajar"?

I'm now using Rosetta Stone to learn Spanish, and today I found the following sentences: Estoy viajando a Italia para visitar unas ruinas antiguas. Estoy viajando a la India para visitar este palacio. However, I wonder why the latter sentence adds…
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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 proper construction would be "Vamos al marte". But after some googling…
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When should we use articles before nouns and when are articles not required?

In Spanish sentences, I have seen that most times an article is used before the noun. But sometimes an article is not used. I am referring to articles such as el,la,los,las,un,una,unos,unas (those are all the articles I know) When do we need to use…
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When NOT to use definite articles with "dinero"

- ¿Qué quiere Elisa? - Elisa quiere dinero. Shouldn't we add "el" before "dinero"? As I know, there are 3 cases we are not using definite articles. With titles when addressing a person, or with San, Santo/a, Don, and Doña With nouns referring…
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Name of the "United States"

I always refer to The United States of America in Spanish as «los Estados Unidos>>. But today I came across an article entitled China acusa a Estados Unidos de rehuir compromisos. Notice the lack of definite article in the name of the country. Is…
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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: "Preparo la cena". Why do we need to use definite article here? In my…
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Articles and Modified Professions

A sentence from Easy spanish step by step. Ellos son maestros excelentes. should this be, Ellos son unos maestros excelentes. as the noun "maestros" has been modified? Secondly are the definite articles "el" and "la" used for modified…
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Uso de artículos indeterminados

¿Es correcto, conforme a la normativa vigente, omitir un artículo indefinido como una cuando hay un sustantivo y un adjetivo como voz anticuada? De modo que la oración quede formulada como Es voz anticuada y no como Es una voz anticuada. El antiguo…
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How important is correct usage of el/la in spoken Spanish?

The basis of the romance language of Spanish is that there are feminine and masculine words. These articles are either el/la depending on the word. My question is, in spoken Spanish, how important is to correctly say el/la? I am deciding whether to…
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Uso del artículo definido

"A la izquierda de la fotografía, hay _ montañas." Este frase es de Josefa Martín García. ¿Por qué no inserta el artículo definido en el espacio? Crea una generalización en esta frase, así que creo que debe usar el artículo definido.
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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 semana" we don't add "los" (Día de los muertos) or "la" (Fin de la semana), but we do…
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Definite article. el ala

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 "UN" instead of "UNA" can be used before these nouns. I was wondering if…
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¿Qué significa "su la" cuando las dos palabras se usan juntas?

No entiendo por qué «su la» aparece en la frase de abajo. Entendería la frase si uno u otro se hubiera usado solo, pero ¿por qué ambos? La mamá espera en el carro, observando su la antigua casa con techo a dos aguas.
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The 2nd 'el' in 'El partido no es el lunes.'

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 be no 'el' or 'los' in the Spanish translation of…
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