2. Nouns

3. NOUNS Nouns refer to people, animals, places, and things.

4. NOUNS In Spanish, nouns have gender. They are either masculine or feminine.

5. Masculine / Feminine Most nouns that end in -o are masculine.

6. Masculine / Feminine Most nouns that end in -a are feminine.

7. Masculine / Feminine For example: el libro la calculadora An exception: el día

8. Other Spanish Nouns Other Spanish nouns end in -e or a consonant.

9. Other Spanish Nouns For example: el cine el marcador la clase la televisión

10. Other Spanish Nouns Some can be both masculine and feminine by simply changing the article: el/la estudiante

11. It’s a good idea to learn a noun with its definite article, el or la, because that will usually tell you the gender. If you see these words how will you know their gender? They don’t end in an -o / -a.. comunidad lugar país

12. Practice What is the gender or the following words? How can you tell? la pluma un cuaderno el escritorio una agenda

13. More Practice What is the gender or the following words? How do you know? el papel la mano los computadores unas profesoras

14. Making Nouns Plural To make nouns plural you usually add -s to words ending in a vowel and -es to words ending in a consonant. sillasillas tecladoteclados cartelcarteles

15. Making Nouns Plural Singular nouns that end in z change the z to c in the plural. lápizlápices

16. Practice Make the following articles and nouns plural: la papelera un libro el pupitre

17. Practice Make the following articles and nouns plural: la actriz el examen Un móvil