Nouns, Gender and Plurals

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nouns

Sustantivos (nouns)

In Spanish all nouns have a gender they are either masculine
or feminine.
Masculine nouns often end in -o
Feminine nouns often end in -a
Nouns that don’t end in a -o or -a must be learned

Beyond gender, nouns also have a number, meaning that
they are either singular or plural.
*When the nouns is an object (thing) it has nothing to do
with who a person identifies.

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All nounse are either ​

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masculine

feminine.

gender

You have learned that nouns ending in -a are usually feminine.
Femenine endings:
…..a la casa, la cocina, la biblioteca
…..d la edad, la ciudad
…..z la naríz (nose) exception lápiz (el lápiz)
…..unbre la costumbre, la incertidumbre
….ie la especie, la efigie

Also words ending in the suffixes -ión, -ad, and -tud are also almost
always feminine.
Examples of feminine nouns with these suffixes include la lección
[lesson], la posiblilidad [possibility], and la virtud [virtue].

Knowing the Feminine of nouns

Multiple Select

Select the feminine nouns.

• la muchacha

• el alumno

• la estudiante

• el pupitre

In the way that nouns ending in -o are usually masculine, nouns ending
in -r and -l are also usually masculine.
masculine endings:
…..e el parque
…..n el jardín
….s el interés
(Exception -o) la mano

Words ending in -ista look feminine because they end in -a. But these words actually
can be either masculine or feminine, for example, in el futbolista [male soccer player]
and la futbolista [female soccer player]. Spanish words ending in -ma also look
feminine because of the -a ending, but many of these words are actually masculine,
including el sistema [system] and el problema [problem].

Knowing the Masculine of nouns

InSpanish, all nouns have gender, masculine or feminine. Each article
must agree with the gender of the noun it modifies.
Masculine nouns usually end in -o, -e, or a consonant and feminine
nouns usually end in -a. (most of the time)

There are two types of articles: definite and indefinite.

The definite articles are "el" for masculine nouns, and "la" for feminine
nouns; they are the equivalent of “the” in English. They refer to
something specific.

The indefinite articles are "un" for masculine nouns and "una" for
feminine nouns, they are the equivalent of “a” and “an” in English. They
refer to non-specific nouns..

Masculine and Feminine articles

Definite Articles: El, La, Los, Las = The

the

Is for masculine
noun (singular)

the

Is for feminine
nouns (singular)

the

Is for masculine
noun (plural)

the

Is for feminine
nouns (plural)

El

La

Los

Las

Indefinite Articles: Un, Una, Unos, Unas = a,
an, some

a, an

Is for masculine
noun (singular)

a, an

Is for feminine
nouns (singular)

some

Is for masculine
noun (plural)

some

Is for feminine
nouns (plural)

Un Una

Unos Unas

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un

unos

el

los

una

unas

la

las

chica

chico

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Masculine

Feminine

Making nouns Plural: The three rules for making a noun
plural in Spanish

If a noun ends in a
vowel, add -s: la
silla [chair] → las
sillas.

1.

If a noun ends in a z,

change the z to c and add

-es: el lápiz [pencil] →

los lápices

1.

If a noun ends in a
consonant other
than z, add -es: el
papel [paper] → los
papeles

1.

Adding -s

Z to C

Adding -es

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03

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Adjectives

Adjectives in Spanish must agree in number and gender with the noun being
modified. So, if the subject is masculine singular, the adjective must also be
masculine singular, and if the subject is feminine plural, the adjective must also be
feminine plural.

Adjectives ending in -o have four forms. example: viejo, meaning “old,” has the
following four forms: viejo (masculine singular); vieja (feminine singular); viejos
(masculine plural); viejas (feminine plural).
Adjectives ending in -e have two forms, example: responsable (masculine and
feminine singular) and responsables (masculine and feminine plural).

Adjectives ending in -ista have two forms, example: pesimista (masculine and
feminine singular) and pesimistas (masculine and feminine plural).

Labelling

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los

el

la

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los

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What is the plural of el libro?​ ​

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What is the plural of la calculadora?​

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What is the plural of el papel?​

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What is the plural of el lapiz?​

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What is the plural of el perfume?​

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