2007-01-21 14:55:05 · 15 answers · asked by Ho 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
it's the article... ''el'' either for men or masculine words and ''la'' either for women or feminine words... ''los'' is the plural of ''el'', and ''las'' the plural of ''la''
in English we use ''the'', no matter if the gender is feminine or masculine, or the number of...(singular or plural)
in Portuguese, it's used ''o'' for male and ''a'' for female... you add an S for plural...
in French, it's used ''le'' for male, ''la'' for female, and '' l' '' for words which start with vowel... and ''les'' for plural
interesting, isn't it?
2007-01-21 15:11:17 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
"el" in spanish would mean "the". It acts as the article of an object and comes before a masculine object such as el in el libro.
Libro (book)would be masculine(any object ending with "o"is masculine)therefore the article is el, so that is saying "the book".
"la" would mean "the". It acts as the feminine of any object (any object ending with "a" is usually feminine) example: la regla(ruler) is saying "the ruler" but at all times the object and the article must match. Try these placing la or el in front of the object:
1. puerta 2.armario 3. mesa 4. cuaderno
There are many exceptions to the rule I exxplained above but el and la are basic spanish that anyone can learn.
2007-01-21 15:24:00 · answer #2 · answered by cheetah_crazyangel 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
El means the masculine form for the and la is the feminine form of it.Spanish more often use El as general term if they are unsure of a certain noun.the same in English.most of the time we uses he as a general term because we are unsure of the gender.also,most of their places are name El.Like El Pablo or El Salvador.Usually when they use El the ending letter of their next noun is O like El Niño(means the dryness that the certain place is experiencing but literally means the boy) and if they use la the ending letter of the next word is A like la Niña(means lots of raining is happening to a certain place but it literally means the girl).
2007-01-21 15:18:33 · answer #3 · answered by LoReYn_16 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
El is The for a male object such as "El carro" The car. La is feminine like " La ropa" The clothe
2007-01-21 15:11:24 · answer #4 · answered by litlkooljay 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Both of them mean "the" but el is used for nouns that are masculine, like "el baño" or bathroom and la is used for nouns that are feminine , like "la cama" or bed. Notice that masculine nouns end in "o" and feminine nouns end in "a".
Although there are some nouns that end in "o" that are feminine, like "la mano" or hand.
2007-01-22 01:35:55 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Basically, my answer is the same as the previous two, except I can spell. Both "el" and "la" mean "the." "El" is the masculine form and "la" is feminine.
2007-01-21 15:04:23 · answer #6 · answered by moondancer629 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
El is the masculen form and La is the female form for "The"
2007-01-21 15:58:35 · answer #7 · answered by US Girl 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Besides meaning "the," These are important to learn becuase it will help you say whatever else you want to say about that subject. Like any adjetives following the word will be in the same gender.
Ex. I like the red shirt. Me gusta la camisa roja.
Notice: camisa (shirt) and roja (red) both end with -a.
2007-01-21 16:06:39 · answer #8 · answered by Hello K 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They both mean "the". "El" is the masculine form, while "la" is the feminine form. Their plural forms are "los" and "las" respectively.
2007-01-21 15:05:24 · answer #9 · answered by ichliebekira 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
El is the masculen form for "The" and La is the female form
2007-01-21 14:59:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋