The Battle of the Sexes Feminine and Masculine Nouns

The Rule In Spanish nouns are either masculine or feminine (unlike what you are use to in the English language) Nouns that end in an “O” are masculine Nouns that end in “A” are feminine

La vs. El Use “la” with feminine nouns Use “el” with masculine nouns Both “el” and “la” mean the

Example 1 La chica - The girlEl chico - The boy

Example 2 El sombrero - The hat La mesa - The table

Let’s Try One Is the word casa masculine (el) or feminine (la)? The answer is feminine (la) - la casa (because casa ends in a)

Now You Choose Puerta El El or La La

Yeah! You did it correctly! Puerta ends in “a” so it is feminine. Now try another one.

Let’s Think About It… Since puerta ends in an “a” that makes it feminine. Remember masculine nouns end in an “o”. Try again

Let’s Do One More Bolígrafo ElEl orLaLa

¡ Bravo! Since bolígrafo ends in an “o” it is masculine.

You have Won the Battle of the Sexes

¡ Ay Caramba! Bolígrafo ends in an “o” and that means it is masculine. El should go with a masculine noun.