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Mastering Spanish Nouns: Gender and Number Rules

Learn Spanish nouns' gender and number rules easily. Understand masculine and feminine forms, singular and plural nouns, and indefinite article usage.

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Mastering Spanish Nouns: Gender and Number Rules

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  1. MURPHY Nouns name people, animals, places or things. You need to remember the following things about nouns in Spanish: • All nouns have gender. (i.e. masculine & feminine) el chico (masculine) la chica (feminine) la falda (feminine) el pelo (masculine) index

  2. Usually a noun is masculine if it ends in an “o” and feminine if it ends in an “a”. However, when a word ends in a consonant you need to memorize the definite article with the noun. • Here are some examples of nouns that end in consonants: el suéter (masculine) la mujer (feminine) la estudiante (feminine) el hombre (masculine) index

  3. When nouns identify only one item, they are singular. • Here are some examples of nouns that in the singular form: el señor (masculine) la blusa (feminine) la maestra (feminine) el estudiante (masculine) index

  4. When nouns identify more than one item, they are plural. • Here are some examples of nouns that in the plural form: los señores (masculine) las blusas (feminine) las maestras (feminine) los estudiantes (masculine) index

  5. In Spanish, the dfeinite article that accompanies a noun will match its gender and number. • Here are some examples of nouns that in the plural form: el zapato (singular) los zapatos (plural) la maestra (singular) las maestras (plural) index

  6. Some nouns have 1 form that are both masculine and feminine. el estudiante la estudiante el modelo la modelo el policía la policía index

  7. casa la index

  8. pantalones los index

  9. zapato el index

  10. amigos los index

  11. camiseta la index

  12. hombre el index

  13. estudiante el, la index

  14. doctor el index

  15. artista el, la index

  16. plomero el index

  17. falda la index

  18. amigos los index

  19. vestidos los index

  20. estudiantes los, las index

  21. tarde la index

  22. policía el, la index

  23. jeans los index

  24. bolsa la index

  25. gatos los index

  26. calcetines los index

  27. modelo el, la index

  28. ojos los index

  29. A noun may sometimes appear with an indefinite article. The indefinite articles that accompanies a nouns will also match its gender and number. un chico unos chicos una camisa unas camisas un estudiante unos estudiantes index

  30. ojos unos index

  31. hombre un index

  32. casa una

  33. pantalones unos index

  34. estudiantes unos, unas index

  35. suéteres unos index

  36. modelos unos, unas index

  37. ropa una index

  38. calcetín un index index index

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