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Feminine endings (13)

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  • a
  • dad, -tud, -tad
  • cion, -Sion, -gion, -tud,
  • dad, -itis
  • ez
  • triz
  • umbre
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Why is the word foto feminine ?

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Words such as foto are femenino although they end in an -o as they are shortened versions of feminine words e.g la fotografía- la foto or la motocicleta- la moto

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Are words masculine or feminine which end in -ista?

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Can be masculine or femenino depending on context

E.g el turisto/ la turista

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El disco

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CD disk

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La disco

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Disco (dancing thing) - feminine as it is a shortened version of discoteca

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What gender are words which look masculine but refer to a feminine thing?

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Most words which look masculine but refer to a female have become feminine

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What are the feminine words with endings -d ?

Irregular as ending in -d is usually masculine

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La merced - Mercy
La pared - Wall 
La red - network 
La sed - thirst
La salud - health
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Which feminine words end in -z?

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La cruz - cross
La faz - face 
La Luz - light
La nariz - nose 
La Paz - peace
La raíz - but
La vez - root 
La voz - voice
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Which feminine words end in -e?

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La base-base,      
la calle-street, 
la carne-meat, 
la clase-class, 
la clave-clue, 
la corriente-current, 
la fe-faith, 
la fiebre-fever, 
la frase-phrase
La suerte - luck
La tarde - afternoon
La torre - tower
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Which feminine words end in -e ?

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La fuente- source
La gente-people
La leche- milk
La lente - Lens
La llave- key
La mente - mind
La muerte - death
La nieve - snow 
La noche - night 
La nube - cloud 
La sangre - blood
La sede - headquarters 
La serpiente - serpent
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Which endings are masculine ? (8)

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Words ending in -ema

  • ama
  • or
  • ín
  • aje
  • el
  • al
  • o
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Some words have Greek origin therefore they are irregular .. so nouns with the endings ? Are masculine

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Some words with the ending -ma, -ta, -pa are masculine e.g el tema

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Capital city

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La Capital

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Capital (e.g letter or capital anything )

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El capital

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Cholera (disease)

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El cólera

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Bile/anger

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La cólera

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Coma

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El coma

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Comma ,

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La coma

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Court - tennis court e.g

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La corte

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Cut

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Cure (to an illness e.g)

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Priest

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Ending

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Sports final

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Front
El frente
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Forehead
La frente
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Order
El orden
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Holy order
La orden
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Pope
El papa
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Potato
La papa
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Message / report
El parte
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Part / portion
La parte
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Earring
El pendiente
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Slope / hillside
La pendiente
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Fish
El pez
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Tar/ pitch
La pez
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Which words have the same meaning when both masculine and feminine ?
- nouns ending in -ista e.g florista, artista, jurista - nouns ending in -crata e.g technocrata or aristócrata - amante - lover - cliente- client - guía- guide - idiota- idiot - modelo- model - Testigo-witness
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What gender are words which have come into spanish vía another language ?
Depends | However these words tend not to follow any of the normal spanish rules
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What do all nouns of nationality have in Spanish?
No capital letter e.g españa not España
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Why do some feminine nouns have the article el?
When a feminine noun begins with a stressed -a or -ha syllable , it’s singular form has an el instead of la (or un instead of una) however when in plural form the word returns to normal. E.g el agua, el alma, el asma, el habla, el hada, el hambre etc
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In Spanish what do adjectives have to match ?
The noun they describe for gender and singular / plural
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How many forms does the definite article have in Spanish ?
4
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What are the 4 spanish definite articles ?
El - masc singular La - fem singular Los - masc plural Las fem plural
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Spanish often uses the definite article ...
In places we wouldn’t use it in English | E.g. I like chocolate = me gusta el chocolate
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When el comes after a / de ...
It gets changed to al or del
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What is the definite article ?
The | El/ la/ los/ las
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What is the indefinite article?
A / An | Un/ una/ unos/ unas
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When a job is being described is the indefinite article needed ?
No - e.g. I am an artist = soy artista | Not - soy un artista

Spanish Grammar (14 decks)

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