Spanish Nouns

Welcome to the third Spanish lesson about nouns. This time we will first learn about fruits and vegetables, followed by grammar rules, then food items, finally a conversation in Spanish to help you practice your daily phrases.

potatoes patatas

tomatoes tomates

onions cebollas

carrots zanahoria

fruits frutas

apples manzanas

bananas plátanos

oranges naranjas

Nouns Grammar Rules

In general nouns refer to a person, an object, or abstract ideas. For example: a fast runner the noun is [runner] because it refers to a person. The examples below use nouns in different ways and places to demonstrate how they behave in a sentence.

Grammar + Rules - Spanish
do you have milk? [verb + noun] ¿tiene leche?
I have milk and coffee [preposition + noun] tengo leche y café
he has three apples [number + plural noun] él tiene tres manzanas
she only has one apple [number + singular noun] ella sólo tiene una manzana
we live in a small house [adjective + noun] vivimos en una casa pequeña
I like our breakfast [pronoun + noun] me gusta nuestro desayuno

The following are nouns of food items that you might be interested in learning and memorizing.

bread pan

milk leche

butter mantequilla

cheese queso

coffee café

sandwich sándwich

meat carne

chicken pollo

fish pescado

breakfast desayuno

lunch almuerzo

dinner cena

Conversation in Spanish

Now we finally reach the fun part, the practice of the daily conversations. These phrases are used to get to know new people, and break the ice.

English - Spanish
Do you speak (English/ Spanish)? ¿hablas (inglés/castellano)?
Just a little solo un poco
I like Spanish me gusta el castellano
Can I practice with you? ¿puedo practicar contigo?
How old are you? ¿qué edad tienes?
I'm thirty three years old tengo treinta y tres años de edad
It was nice talking to you ¡fue agradable conversar contigo!

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