Gender Of Nouns Flashcards

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Nouns ending in -s or other constants can be either masculine or feminine.

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El paraguas - umbrella El lunes - Monday

El papel - paper

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Certain endings imply a noun is FEMININE.

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Most nouns ending in -DAD, -TAD, -TUD, -ión, -UMBRE, and -IE are feminine.

La ciudad - city La canción - song
La actitud - attitude

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What should you add when a noun that ends in a vowel?

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Add an -s to the word

Libro - libros
Silla - sillas

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What should you add when a noun that ends in a consonant?

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Add an -es

Profesor - profesores
Papel - papeles

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What should you add when a noun that ends in a z?

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Change the final -z to -c and add an -es

Lápiz - lápices

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