Question

Write the appropriate definite article before the following nouns. (el or la)

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
juventud
tema
educación
cabeza
_artista (fem.)
inmortalidad
mano
día
cumbre
Misisipí (river)
sobrina
tren
artistia (masc.)
flor
martes
be (letter)
libertad
gente
mapa
_cura (priest)
cura (cure)

Answer 1

1. La juventud
2. El tema
3. La educación
4. La cabeza
5. La artista (fem.)
6. La inmortalidad
7. La mano
8. El día
9. La cumbre
10. El Misisipí (river)
11. La sobrina
12. El tren
13. El artistia (masc.)
14. La flor
15. El martes
16. La be (letter)
17. La libertad
18. La gente
19. El mapa
20. El cura (priest)
21. La cura (cure)

Step-by-step explanation:

This are nouns that have, like all words in Spanish, a gender associated to them.

You asked, for example, for artista both for the masculine and the feminine way, in this case you use el or la to distinguish between one or the other.

Another interesting example would be cura with different gender. In this case cura as masculine refers to a priest but the same word, cura, with it's femenine version, means the cure.