2. Nouns (Los sustantivos)
People, places, things
Nouns in Spanish have a gender.They are either masculine or
feminine, and you will need to know the gender of a word so that
you can use the correct article and adjective with it. Gender is
arbitrary, but there are some ways to help you remember.
3. These words are feminine. What do you notice about their
endings?
la pluma
la silla
unatelevisin
unaconversacin
la universidad
la libertad
4. These words are feminine. What do you notice about their
endings?
la pluma
la silla
unatelevisin
unaconversacin
la universidad
la libertad
Most words that have these endings are feminine.
-a
5. -in 6. -adUse la (the) and una (a, one) with feminine
words.
7. These words are masculine. What do you notice about their
endings?
un libro
el estadio
el bao
un pupitre
el coche
el pizarrn
el ingls
un profesor
el papel
8. These words are masculine. What do you notice about their
endings?
un libro
el estadio
el bao
un pupitre
el coche
el pizarrn
el ingls
un profesor
el papel
Most words that have these endings are masculine.
-o
9. -e 10. -consonantUse el (the) and un (a, one) with feminine
words.
11. Las excepciones!!!
But a few words ending in e turn out to be feminine.
And a few words ending in a are actually masculine!
12. Four ways to say the andFour ways to say a
The article you use depends on whether the word is:
