es un libro / es una mesa
it's a book / it's a table
Common trap for English speakers The article marks gender — un/el for libro, una/la for mesa; there's no audible rule, so gender is memorized with the noun.
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Lucía
Quick check: you can ask ¿qué es esto?, say es un libro / es una mesa, and describe with el libro es rojo. You even counted with Mía. Breathe. You’re doing great. Let’s add pointing words.
Este lápiz… esta silla.
Lucía
Pointing words. este with many 'masculine' words like lápiz — la-peeS, final Z is like an S in most of Latin America. esta with many 'feminine' words like silla — SEE-ya. Meaning: this pencil, this chair — right here, near you. Common…
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Level pre-A1 · Lesson 7