Spanish Gender Nouns

In Spanish, every noun has gender: they are either...

• male or female

• masculine or feminine

• right or wrong

• singular or plural

Most words that end in "a" are usually...

• masculine

• female

• feminine

• not real words

How are all of these masculine nouns alike?

el gato, el perro, el chico, el abuelo

• They all end with an -a

• They are all animals.

• They are all in spanish.

• They all end with an -o

Words that end in "a" but come from Greek are...

• masculine

• feminine

Choose the FEMININE nouns:

• ciudad

• madre

• hermano

• manzana

Choose the MASCULINE nouns:

• tijeras

• amgio

• escritorio

• padre

Choose the best adjective to describe the word AMIGA.

• contento

• contenta

• contentos

• contentas

Choose the best adjective to describe the word PRIMO.

• feliz

• felice

• felices

• felize

Nouns ending in -d, -z, -ión are which gender.

• masculine

• feminine

How do you say "I" in Spanish?

• Ella

• Yo

• Mi

• Soy