article with more than one noun

Elizabeth W.C1Kwiziq community member

article with more than one noun

Why is it "las puertas y ventanas" and not "las puertas y las ventanas"?  Usually Spanish seems to have two definite articles where English has only one.

Asked 1 year ago
InmaNative Spanish expert teacher in Kwiziq

Hola Elizabeth

In Spanish you can also omit the second article as it is obvious: las puertas y [las] ventanas.

We'll make sure we are not penalising the use of the second article as soon as possible if that is the case.

Saludos

Elizabeth W. asked:

article with more than one noun

Why is it "las puertas y ventanas" and not "las puertas y las ventanas"?  Usually Spanish seems to have two definite articles where English has only one.

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