Los sustantivos y los géneros (nouns and genders) ALL nouns have a gender in Spanish: MOST Nouns that end with the following letters are MASCULINE: l o n e r s anima puebl montó coch seño lune el MASCULIINE or FEMININE ALL Nouns that end with the following ENDINGS are MASCULINE: ema ama eta probl program plan el
MOST Nouns that end with the letter “a” are FEMININE: la película la muchacha la fecha ALL Nouns that end with the following ENDINGS are FEMININE: sión ción dad televi nata ciu la
Z z z lápi actri el la WORDS that end with a “Z” are more or less 50% masculine and 50% feminine.
PLURALIZING NOUNS To pluralize a noun, do the following: NOUNS ENDING IN A VOWEL: Add an “s” to the noun and change the definite article to “los” to “las” el libro los libros la hora las horas NOUNS ENDING IN A CONSONANT: Add an “es” to the noun and change the definite article to “los” to “las” el animal los animales la ciudad las ciudades NOUNS ENDING IN A Z: Change the “z” to a “c” then add the “es” to the noun. el lápiz los lápices el pez los peces la actriz las actrices