Spanish Nouns and Gender

All Spanish nouns are either masculine or feminine. MOST masculine nouns end in ​ (a)   and MOST feminine nouns end in ​ (b)   .

• -o
• -a

Categorize the following words into masculine or feminine.

Groups:

(a) Masculine

,

(b) Feminine

• chaqueta

• computadora

• perro

• persona

• libro

• gato

HOWEVER, not all nouns end in -o or -a.

Words that end in -ción, or -dad are usually feminine.

Nouns ending in -ma or -s are usually masculine.

Groups:

(a) Feminine

,

(b) Masculine

• universidad

• programa

• conversación

• autobús

• problema

• canción

Now, let's talk about articles! The article ​ (a)   agrees in ​ ​ (b)   and gender with the ​ (c)   .

• always
• noun
• number

All articles are either definite or indefinite. ​ (a)   articles refer to non-specific things, and ​ (b)   articles refer to specific things.

• Indefinite
• definite

Select all the English words that could replace an indefinite article with.

• a

• an

• some

• the

The indefinite articles "unos" and "unas" translate to ​ (a)   in English.

• some
• the
• a

Fill in the blank with the appropriate DEFINITE article.

_______ botella

• la
• el

• las

• los

Fill in the blank with the appropriate DEFINITE article.

_____ silla

• la
• el

• los

• las

Fill in the blank with the appropriate INDEFINITE article.

____ casa

• una
• un

• unos

• unas