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Whereas ‘an’ refers to the general idea of enjoying a scoop of ice cream. > some ice cream -> generalįrom the examples above we can see that the definite article is ‘the’ because it limits the options to one particular ice cream (in this sentence we find out the flavor, the ice cream parlor that makes it and the city where the shop is situated).

If you go to the supermarket please bring some ice cream tubs.

The chocolate ice cream from the Gelatteria Unno in New York is the best.

I would love to have an ice cream right now.

The words ‘some’ and ‘any’ may be pronouns or determiners but can also be seen employed as articles for plural nouns.

INDEFINITE ARTICLES: ‘a’ and ‘an’ are used for singular nouns, depending on the word beginning with a consonant or vowel sound.

DEFINITE ARTICLES: ‘the’ can be used for plural and singular nouns.

When we think about grammar rules, articles are a class of words that define a noun as something specific (definite) or general (indefinite).

So let’s start by recapping what an article is and how it works in English. By learning this you will be able to speak with locals when you visit and learn Spanish faster. In this blog post, you will learn the types of definite and indefinite articles utilized in Castilian and how natives apply them in their daily conversations. Articles in English are a simple matter because there are only a few words and thus are easy to remember: ‘a’, ‘an’, and ‘the’.īut in Spanish, this topic is a bit more complex because there are many articles and they should agree with the gender and the number of the nouns that they refer to.