Adjective or past participle?

Question

I wrote 'el fin de la semana pasada' and it was corrected to 'el fin de semana pasado'.  I can see why the definite article was dispensed with, but 'semana pasado'?  Surely the adjectival form of 'pasado/a' is used, rather than the past participle?

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Hola Jim,I am not quite sure which question you are referring to. In the set of questions for this lesson on the articles el/la, we are not testing "el fin de semana pasado". The adjective "pasado" is referring to "el fin", not "semana". This is why you need the masculine end -o for the adjective. If you said "last week" for example, then you'd need the feminine form "pasada", "la semana pasada". I hope this clarified it for you.SaludosInma

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HolaI'm really struggling trying to understand how to use the El, la, un, une, los and Las

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Hola Gimel's,
Here are our A0 lessons on definite articles and indefinite articles:
the = el, la, los, las
a  = un, una, unos, unas
Using el/la
Using los/las
Using un/una
Using unos/unas
I hope this helps
Inma

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I believe some words (such as turista y dentista) can be masculine orfemine depending on the subject.