¿Masculino o femenino?

• A noun is a person, place, thing, or idea.

• Examples of nouns we know in English?

• Dog, student, car, Paris, democracy, rock, school, etc.
  
  

• Por ejemplo...

• A "table" is a girl (la mesa)

• A "pencil" is a boy (el lápiz)

• A "piece of paper" is a girl (la hoja de papel)

• A "book" is a boy (el libro)

• A "notebook" is a boy (el cuaderno)

• A "folder" is a girl (la carpeta)

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• Typically, masculine nouns will end in "o"

• Typically, feminine nounds will end in "a"

• You might also identify a noun's gender by knowing what " definite article" goes IN FRONT OF each noun

• "el" vs. "la"  (they both mean "the")

• el --> masculine

• la --> feminine

• La profesora --> female teacher

• El profesor --> male teacher

• El estudiante --> male student

• La estudiante --> female student

• La mano = female = "the hand"

• El mapa = male = "the map"

• La moto = female = "the motorcycle"

• El guía = male = "the guide"