Tips and Trick to Remember

Question 1

Nouns and articles: most nouns ending in “ad” or “ión” have feminine articles (la universidad), and most nouns ending in “ma” are masculine (el problema)

Singular masculine/fem?
Plural Masc./fem

Answer 1

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el/la
los/las

Question 2

Descriptive adjectives

Answer 2

Give additional information about objects and people for example: una clase “grande”

agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify and generally follow the nouns ex: “el professor bueno”

adjectives bueno and malo may be place before or after noun, when placed before the final “o” is dropped ex: “un buen estudiante”

Adjectives ending in “e” or a consonant have the same masculine and feminine forms ex: “un libro grande” and “una clase grande”

Question 3

Time in Spanish

Answer 3

use “es la” for one o’clock and ex: “es la una”

and “son las” with all other hours ex: “son las dos de la tarde”

use “y” to express minutes past or after the hour ex: “son las dos y veinte”
use “menos” for minutes before the hour ex: “Son las siete menos diez’ (it is ten till seven)

cuatro y media mean a quarter and half hour

mediodía y medianoche= noon and midnight

Question 4

Qué vs Cuál

Answer 4

Both can be tan slated to what or which but they are not interchangeable. Qué is generally used to request a definition or or explanation, it can also be followed by a noun to mean which. Cuál implies a choice or selection and generally is not followed by a noun. Use the plural Cuáles when the choice includes more than one person or thing ex: “Cuáles son los meses del año?