Nouns are words for

• people and animals (estudiante, profesor, perro, gato)

• places (escuela, casa)

• things (mochila, cuaderno, puerta, ventana)

• ideas

Género de los nombres - Gender of nouns

• In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine, including those that do not refer to living things:

• Almost all nouns that end in -o are masculine, and those that end in -a are usually feminine:

  • Masculine: el piso, el dormitorio

  • Feminine:  la casa, la cocina

• Nouns that end in -e or in a consonant can be either masculine or feminine:

  • Masculine: el garaje, el jardín

  • Feminine: la calle, la pared

Exceptions to the gender rule:

mano (hand) and foto (photograph) both end in "o" but are feminine nouns - la mano, la foto

planeta (planet) and problema (problem) both end in "a" but are masculine nouns - el planeta, el problema

Formación del femenino. 

Número de los nombres

Nouns can be singular (refer to one person, animal, place, thing or idea) or plural (more than one).

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The definite article (el, la, los, las) is used before a noun to indicate that the identity of the noun is known to the reader.

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The indefinite article (un, una, unos, unas) is used before a noun that is general, one of many.

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Choose the correct answer

in the following slides.