Capítulo 1 Los Sustantivos
Sustantivos en Español A bit about Spanish nouns: Like in English, nouns in Spanish are used to identify people, animals, places, things, or ideas. Unlike in English, all Spanish nouns (even those that refer to non-living things) have gender: masculine or feminine.
Sustantivos en Español As in English, nouns in Spanish also have number, meaning they are either singular or plural.
Sustantivos en Español Gender of noun refers to? Number of noun refers to? Masculine or feminine Singular or plural
ENTONCES: (So…) When we introduce the following vocabulary, make sure to include the article (EL or LA) that comes in front of the word, as that will dictate what gender the noun is.
Words that have “EL” = Masculine Words that have “LA” = Feminine ENTONCES: (So…) Words that have “EL” = Masculine Words that have “LA” = Feminine
El hombre The man
La mujer The woman
El chico The boy
La chica The girl
El conductor The conductor (m)
La conductora The conductor (f)
El profesor The teacher (m)
La profesora The teacher (f)
El turista The tourist (m)
La turista The tourist (f)
El cuaderno The notebook
El diario The diary
LA Mano The hand
El diccionario The diccionary
El número The number
El video The video
La cosa The thing
La (foto)grafía The photograph
La escuela The school
La computadora The computer
La maleta The suitcase
La palabra The word
El día The day
El problema The problem
El programa The program
La lección The lesson
La conversación The conversation
El mapa The map
El autobús The bus
El país The country
La nacionalidad The nationality
La comunidad The community
El pasajero The passenger (m.)
La pasajera The passenger (f).
Género de sustantivos Certain noun endings are strongly associated with a specific gender, so you can use them to deterine if a noun is a masculine or feminine. However, there are always exceptions to the rule.
Género de sustantivos The ONLY way to BE SURE of the gender of a noun is by looking at the article ( el / la).
THE RULES
Género de sustantivos GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that refer to males, like el hombre are masculine while nouns that refer to females, like LA MUJER, are FEMININE.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are masculine Género de sustantivos GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are masculine -o
El Diario
El Cuaderno
GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are masculine Género de sustantivos GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are masculine -or
El profesor
El Conductor
while nouns that end in: are feminine Género de sustantivos while nouns that end in: are feminine -A
La cosa
La palabrA
while nouns that end in: are feminine Género de sustantivos while nouns that end in: are feminine -ora
La conductora
La profesora
-ista Género de sustantivos Nouns that end in: are either feminine or masculine So you must pay attention to the article “el” or “la” to determine gender. -ista
EL ARTISTA LA ARTISTA
EL futbolista LA futbolista
GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are masculine Género de sustantivos GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are masculine -ma
El problema
El programa
GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are masculine Género de sustantivos GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are masculine -s
El país
El autobús
GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are feminine Género de sustantivos GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are feminine -ad
La nacionalidad
La comunidad
GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are feminine Género de sustantivos GENERALLY SPEAKING, nouns that end in: are feminine -ción
La leccíon
La conversacíon
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