Question

What is the prefix for dicionarios el la los las

Answer 1

Answer:1   The basic rules

In English, there is only one definite article: the. In Spanish, you have to choose between four definite articles: el, la, los and las. Which one you choose depends on the noun which follows.

In Spanish, all nouns (including words for things) are either masculine or feminine – this is called their gender. And just as in English they can also be either singular or plural. You must bear this in mind when deciding which Spanish word to use for the.

For more information on Nouns, see Nouns.

el is used before masculine singular nouns.

el niño the boy

el periódico the newspaper

la is used before feminine singular nouns.

la niña the girl

la revista the magazine

Tip

To help you speak and write correct Spanish, always learn the article or the gender together with the noun when learning vocabulary. A good dictionary will also give you this information.

los and las are used before plural nouns. los is used with masculine plural words, and las is used with feminine plural words.

los niños the boys

las niñas the girls

los periódicos the newspapers

las revistas the magazines

Note that you use el instead of la immediately before a feminine singular word beginning with a or ha when the stress falls on the beginning of the word. This is because la sounds wrong before the ‘a’ sound. But if you add an adjective in front of the noun, you use la instead, since the two ‘a’ sounds do not come next to each other.

el agua helada the icy water

el hacha afilada the sharp axe

la misma agua the same water

la mejor hacha the best axe

dont know if this helped

Answer 2

Las is the right answer