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Lo, the Mysterious Article

A student of Spanish learns very early that the articles vary according to the gender and number of the following noun. Articles are those little words that accompany nouns: “the” or “a” in English–telling you whether the noun is referring to a specific thing (definite) or a non-specific thing (indefinite). Since nouns in Spanish [...]

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Pointing Something Out in Spanish

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Pointing something out in Spanish: is it aquí, ahí, allí, acá or allá?
These five locational adverbs are used frequently in speech, less so in written text unless it is representing dialogue. This is for good reason, because these words are deictics, or pointer terms. They need context [...]

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