TOPIC: Spanish GCSE Grammar – Definite and Indefinite Articles (the, a, some)
Welcome to episode 2 of our story “Constance e Imran”. In every blog you will always find the same format:
- The story episode in Spanish.
- The translation into English.
- A grammar explanation with examples from the story.
This way you can practise reading, understanding and grammar, all at the same time.
EPISODIO 2 – El libro en el suelo
Un libro cae al suelo. Es el libro de Constance. Imran lo toma. Un grupo ríe.
«Eh, Imran, terrorista con libro.»
Risas feas. Pero Constance no ríe. Ella toma el libro y dice:
«Idiotas.»
Imran mira a Constance y siente algo nuevo: no está solo. Pero el grupo se levanta. Un paso, dos pasos. La tensión crece.
TRADUCCIÓN
A book falls to the floor. It is Constance’s book. Imran picks it up. A group laughs.
“Hey, Imran, terrorist with a book.”
Ugly laughter. But Constance does not laugh. She takes the book and says:
“Idiots.”
Imran looks at Constance and feels something new: he is not alone. But the group stands up. One step, two steps. The tension grows.
GRAMMAR: we will compare articles in English and Spanish now.
El libro the book
Los libros the books
La risa the laughter
Las risas the laughs
In English we always say ‘the’, but in Spanish we change depending on masculine/feminine and singular/plural. And then we have:
Un libro a book
Unos libros some books
Una risa a laughter
Unas risas some laughters
I made a video for you with more examples: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpw3vrrQ80k&t=2s
TIP: do you remember episode 1? I said that generally, words ending with -a take la and words ending with -o take el, but there are some exceptions. I will teach you the first one. Words ending with -ista in Spanish could be either feminine or masculine. All of them.
For men For women
El dentista la dentista the dentist
El pianista la pianista the pianist
El terrorista la terrorista the terrorist
Find all the episodes here: https://spanishforlondon.com/2025/08/29/contents-gcse-spanish/
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