The course begins with basic grammar and sentence structure. All Spanish nouns are in this grammar exercise are masculine.

1. If the noun is masculine, the word for THE in Spanish is EL

To remember this, imagine a MAN is HELL to live with.
Therefore, to say THE DONKEY you simply say, EL BURRO

2. In Spanish, one way to say “IS” is “ES”
Therefore, THE DONKEY IS QUICK is EL BURRO ES RAPIDO