The Gender of Nouns Flashcards
In Spanish, all nouns are either ________ or ________.
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masculine or feminine
el libro, la revista (the (male) book, the (female) magazine)
Nouns that end in ‘o’ are usually…
masculine
el chico (the boy)
Nouns that end in ‘a’ are usually…
feminine
la chica (the girl)
‘el’ and ‘la’ both mean…
‘the’
EL perro, LA perra (the (male) dog, the (female) dog)
‘el’ is _________
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masculine
el jardin (the (male) garden)
‘la’ is ________
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feminine
la universidad (the (female) university)
masculine nouns that end in consonants often have a female noun form that ends in…
‘a’
el doctor, la doctora (the (male) doctor, the (female) doctor)
some nouns that refer to people use…
the same form for both masculine and feminine
el artista, la artista (the (male) artist, the (female) artist)
nouns that end in -sión, -ción, -dad, -tad, -tud, -umbre are all…
feminine
la televisión, la conversación, la ciudad, la dificultad, la actitud, la certidumbre (the television, the conversation, the city, the difficulty, the attitude, the certainty)
some nouns that end in ____ are masculine
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‘a’
el mapa (the (male) map)
many (though not all) nouns that end in ‘ma’ are…
masculine
el tema (the topic)
