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23 Dec 2017
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is there here a way to know which nouns are masculine or feminine? or do we just have to memorize the difference?
is there here a way to know which nouns are masculine or feminine? or do we just have to memorize the difference?
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- Spanish (Mexico)
@urgytree Masculines end with an "o" and feminines with an "a" ;)
- English (US)
@DanielM27 Thank you. and is there a way to predetermine what a noun will be? if I'm a new speaker, for example, do I assume everything is feminine?
- Spanish (Mexico)
@urgytree There are exceptions to what I said, you shouldn't assume that everything is feminine or masculine. For example 'Comezón' (Itch) is feminine and 'Patrón' (Pattern or boss) both end with an N, and there's really no way to tell unless you memorize it.
But EVERY noun that ends with an 'o' is masculine, same with feminines
- English (US)
@DanielM27 ok thank you, that is helpful. in some languages, almost everything is feminine. I was hoping it was that simple ;)
- Spanish (Mexico)
- Spanish (Mexico)
when the noun is masculine finish in o regulary examplo:el perro or el carro and femenine finish in a examplo,la casa o la perra
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"agua" (water) is an example of an exception, because it finish with "a" but it's a masculine word
"el agua"
I say this because is a common word, but don't worry, almost all the words that end with "a" are feminine, so you can assume it
- Spanish (Mexico)
Almost everyone gave you the best hint. Words ending in "o" are masculine and those ending in "a" are feminine. Those ending in consonants must be learnt. There are some common endings as well: "-c/sión" is feminine (la ocasión/la felicitación/la relación). "-dad" Also feminine (la caridad/la realidad/la Navidad)
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- Spanish (Mexico)
But there are some exceptions: la mano/el programa/el sistema.@MiriamDavis "agua" is feminine in fact. But all those words beginning with a stressed "a/ha" use the masculine definitive article in singular: "el águila (blanca)/el agua (clara)/ el alma (bondadosa)/el aula (espaciosa)
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@Mike-glez1 no tenia idea de eso... gracias jaja
- Spanish (Mexico)
@MiriamDavis No es nada jaja yo tampoco lo sabía hasta hace unos meses
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