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Spanish I
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A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine
or feminine. Masculine Nouns Feminine Nounsel libro la puertael escritorio la camael colegio la tarea
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The idea that nouns have gender seems perfectly natural when the noun stands for a living creature. This is because in English, living creatures often have different names depending on whether they are male or female.
Masculine Feminineboy girlgrandfather grandmother
tiger tigress uncle aunt
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Certain nouns that denote living things have both a masculine and feminine form in Spanish.
Masculine Feminineel gato---- male cat la gata---- female catel abuelo--- grandfather la abuela--- grandmotherel padre-- father la madre--- motherel chico--- boy la chica--- girl
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El gato El abuelo El cuaderno El libro El carro El armario
What does “el” mean?
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La abuela La puerta La calculadora La ventana La tarea La chica
What does “la” mean?
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Nouns that end in –o are usually masculine.
Nouns that end in –a are usually feminine.
Notice the term “usually.” -There are exceptions to these two rules!
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You can’t predict the gender of a noun, except in the case of living creatures.
The word “Dress” is a masculine word in Spanish--- “el vestido”
“Necktie” is a feminine word in Spanish---
“la corbata”
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When you learn a new noun, you MUST memorize its definite article (el or la).
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Definite Articles (the)el libro - los libros
la casa - las casas
el hombre- los hombres
la mujer – las mujeres
Indefinite Articles (a, an, some)un perro - unos perros
una pluma – unas plumas
un lápiz - unos lápices
una mesa - unas mesas