Los or Las?

[essexeddie]

Some one asked me the other day, why Los or Las?
I don't know, can anyone give me a heads up.

[jen wren]

I think Los & Las mean the, perhaps one is male & the other is female

[Medman]

Some one asked me the other day, why Los or Las?
I don't know, can anyone give me a heads up.

As I said to my wife "I'm at a bit of loss on that lass" ... :D
*gets coat* .. :run:

[Ecky Thump]

Copied and pasted.....so not mine if it's wrong!:wink:

They are all definite articles, all equivalent to the English word "the". As you know, Spanish words have gender, and the article must agree with the gender of the word in addition to the number.

El and los are used for masculine nouns. El is used for singular and Los for plural.
Examples: el libro, los libros, el amigo, los amigos

La and las are used for feminine nouns. La is used for singular and Las for plural.
Examples: la amiga, las amigas, la agua, las aguas


,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,


Los ..... My mate Fred

Las .......The Birds I fancy. :devil2:

[Medman]

I think Los & Las mean the, perhaps one is male & the other is female

Los is Plural Masculine and Las is Plural Feminine (all meaning "the")

So Scottish and Spanish are very similar !! :stupid:

[essexeddie]

Los Cristianos is male
Las Americas is female right?

[junglejim]

I think the endings tell you

AmericAS- feminine Ella/La/Las
CristianOS- male El/Los/Lo
El GomerO- male
La GomerA- female
Usually a/as are female endings
and o/os signify male endings

Los Silos/Los Abrigos
La Caleta/Las Chafiras

[LUCKY]

Some one asked me the other day, why Los or Las?
I don't know, can anyone give me a heads up.

Thanks eddie , what a wonderful question to pose. I am delighted with the answer :flatcap:

[mike in chayofa]

... la and las are used for feminine, la agua, las aguas

This is true ... BUT ...'agua' is not a good example.

Although agua is feminine, la agau doesn't sound right to Spanish people, so they use 'el'

ie El agua but las aguas

[Malteser Monkey]

I think Los & Las mean the, perhaps one is male & the other is female

Correcto !


I think the endings tell you

AmericAS- feminine Ella/La/Las
CristianOS- male El/Los/Lo
El GomerO- male
La GomerA- female
Usually a/as are female endings
and o/os signify male endings

Los Silos/Los Abrigos
La Caleta/Las Chafiras

Yes that is true although...............


This is true ... BUT ...'agua' is not a good example.

Although agua is feminine, la agau doesn't sound right to Spanish people, so they use 'el'

ie El agua but las aguas

Just what I was going to say the Spanish language had a "flowing sound" about it

if you said Las Cristianos or Los Americas it just doesn't sound right

el agua and la agua

a lot of spanish words often run into each other just like el agua - you don't say el agua you say elagua


another one i just thought of it El sofa

[mike in chayofa]

Another (not so interesting thing) that some people may find useful is that 'inanimate opposites) often differ in gender.

An inside wall is La pared. An outside wall is El muro.

An inside corner is El rincón. An outside corner is La esquina.

[Malteser Monkey]

La nevera and El frigadero

fridge and freezer

[canarybird]

fregadero = kitchen sink

congelador = freezer :)

[Malteser Monkey]

fregadero = kitchen sink

congelador = freezer :)

Ohhh I'm getting rusty thanks CB

El congelador:D

[Medman]

Or perhaps they have just given up trying to keep you on the straight and narrow.:lol:

Alas I'm a loss ,, :spin:

[Ecky Thump]

Alas I'm a loss ,, :spin:

I think that should be.....Lo siento, estoy perdido

Schoolboy Spanish from my twelve year old Grandson.....I hope he's wrong, or I've got to give him £1 as a bet.:)

[mike in chayofa]

I think that should be.....Lo siento, estoy perdido

Schoolboy Spanish from my twelve year old Grandson.....I hope he's wrong, or I've got to give him £1 as a bet.:)

'Estoy perdido' means 'I am lost' ... as in I don't know where I am.

Don't make things difficult. Keep things simple.

No sé qué hacer .... I don't know what to do.

1 pound? :crazy: ... skinflint! (what is the Spanish for that?)

[Ecky Thump]

'Estoy perdido' means 'I am lost' ... as in I don't know where I am.

Don't make things difficult. Keep things simple.

No sé qué hacer .... I don't know what to do.

1 pound? :crazy: ... skinflint! (what is the Spanish for that?)

Was he right, does Lo siento translate to "I'm sorry" ?

Please say no, or I've got to give him the pound.!

[primrose]

Was he right, does Lo siento translate to "I'm sorry" ?

Please say no, or I've got to give him the pound.!

I hope so, that's what I say if I want to say sorry.hope it's not something rude. Pay up.

[kingbaker]

Ohhh I'm getting rusty thanks CB

El congelador:D

Nuttin' worse than a rusty oul' burd. :p:p;)

[kingbaker]

I hope so, that's what I say if I want to say sorry.hope it's not something rude. Pay up.

And do you ajjolopize often??:D:D

[mike in chayofa]

Was he right, does Lo siento translate to "I'm sorry" ?

Please say no, or I've got to give him the pound.!

You owe him a quid :lol:

Lo siento does mean 'I am sorry' ... so does perdón

There is a subtle difference which unfortunately I can't explain.

Lo siento literally means 'I feel it'. Perdón is more 'excuse me' type of thing.

To make matters even more complicated if you wanted to say 'Excuse me!' for example if someone tried to push in front of you in a queue the Spanish would be ¡Perdone!

Then again, ig you wanted to say 'excuse me' to attract someone's attention, it would be ¡oiga!

I bet that you are really glad that you asked the question :sorry:

[Ecky Thump]

You owe him a quid :lol:

Lo siento does mean 'I am sorry' ... so does perdón

There is a subtle difference which unfortunately I can't explain.

Lo siento literally means 'I feel it'. Perdón is more 'excuse me' type of thing.

To make matters even more complicated if you wanted to say 'Excuse me!' for example if someone tried to push in front of you in a queue the Spanish would be ¡Perdone!

Then again, ig you wanted to say 'excuse me' to attract someone's attention, it would be ¡oiga!

I bet that you are really glad that you asked the question :sorry:

My Scottish heritage, says next time believe a 12 year old and save a pound.

I would really love to thank you for your informative post, but it cost me £1 :wink:

[kingbaker]

Ecky'll be in mourning for weeks.....after loosing that £1 :p:p:p

[primrose]

And do you ajjolopize often??:D:D

No, and don't forgive either.:devil2:

[Mila Teacher]

Hola a todos!

You are right, "el / la / los / las" are determined articles (artículos determinados) in Spanish: "el" male singular, "los" male plural, "la" female singular y "las" female plural.

However, with female words beggining with strong letter "a-", ie, the strength of the word it falls on the first syllable, it change the singular article "la" to not cause a "cacophony", that is, to not produce bad sound the union of two "a". But the word still has the female gender, so any adjective that you write next to the word will keep this genre.

Examples:
el agua clara, el águila rápida, el aula luminosa

Moreover, there are some words in Spanish that, although ending in "-a" are not female word, are exceptions to the rule: el problema, el mapa, el día, el tema, el sofá, el idioma...

I hope to have resolved your doubts.

Kind regards,

Mila :)



Tenéis razón, "el/la/los/las" son artículos determinados en español: "el" masculino singular, "los" masculino plural, "la" femenino singular y "las" femenino plural.

Sin embargo con las palabras femeninas que empiezan con "a-" tónica , es decir, que la fuerza de la pronunciación cae en la primera sílaba, cambiamos el artículo singular "la" para que no se produzca una "cacofonía", es decir para que no suene mal la unión de dos "a". Pero, la palabra sigue manteniendo el género femenino, por lo que cualquier adjetivo que pueda ir junto a la palabra va a mantener este género.

Ejemplos:
el agua clara, el águila rápida, el aula luminosa

Por otra parte, hay algunas palabras en español que, aunque terminan en "-a" no son femeninas, son excepciones a la regla: el problema, el mapa, el día, el tema, el sofá, el idioma...

Espero poder haber resuelto vuestras dudas.

Saludos,

Mila :)

[timmylish]

I rather think that this will have brought a suitable ending to this post, informative tho' it may have been.

[malagabob]

Su or Tu familiar es bien? when asking someone if their family is well

[FredWisley]

Los is Plural Masculine and Las is Plural Feminine

[essexeddie]

Well that's resurrected that old thread.

[Liftman]

If you want a fun one, then try "por" or "para" ?

[Peterrayner]

Caliente or Callour. ��

- - - - - - - - - - merged double post - - - - - - - - - -

Cajones and Cojones. ��