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Por: Tomás F. Silva, M. Ed.
Students will learn how to determine gender and identify masculine and feminine singular nouns.
Objetivos:
Deciding to use which gender is obvious when you are speaking about a man or a woman. But objects are more difficult to identify with their gender. Fortunately, there are clues to help you with these words and others like them.
Singular Plural
Nouns are either...
Masculine
Feminine
OR
OR
The definite articles are...
el, la, los & las.
SINGULAR PLURAL
MASCULINE
FEMININE
EL
LA
LOS
LAS
The indefinite articles are...
un, una, unos & unas.
SINGULAR PLURAL
MASCULINE
FEMININE
UN
UNA
UNOS
UNAS
It’s easy to identify the gender of some nouns because they obviously refer to masculine or feminine people.
el padre
la madre
el abuelo
la abuela
the father MASCULINE
the mother FEMININE
the grandfather MASCULINE
the grandmother FEMININE
Another “general rule” is that Spanish nouns ending in -O are MASCULINE and Spanish nouns ending in -A are FEMININE.
el amigo
la amiga
el chico
la muchacha
el colegio
la escuela
el libro
la calculadora
el bolígrafo
la bandera
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
M
F
Some nouns are both masculine and feminine. Just change the article to refer to either gender.
artista
dentista
estudiante
the artist / an artist
the dentist / a dentist
the student / a student
Some endings help determine the gender of nouns.
MASCULINE FEMININE
- o
- ema
- consonants
- a
-ión
-dad
-tad
-tud
Try and guess the gender of the following nouns…
abrigo
lección
ciudad
profesor
problema
the overcoat
the lesson
the city
the professor
the problem
masculine
feminine
feminine
masculine
masculine
Masculine nouns that ebnd in -és, -r or -n add -a at the end to form the feminine form.
francés
profesor
alemán
francesa
profesora
alemana
All nouns must be identified as singular or plural. To make a noun plural, do the following…
If the noun ends in a vowel, add -S
If the noun ends in a consonant, add -ES
Change the following nouns to the plural…
tienda
restaurante
flor
autor
perro
joven
tiendas
restaurantes
flores
autores
perros
jovenes
The least you need to know….
Certain endings are always masculine.
Certain endings are always feminine.
Some nouns can be changed from MASCULINE to FEMININE by adding the appropriate ending.
Nouns ending in a vowel can be made plural by adding -S. Nouns ending in a consonant require -ES
(-o, -ema, and consonants)
(-a, -ión, -dad, and -tad)
