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Nombres objetivo – revise nouns, gender and plurals
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Gender of nouns Is sometimes ‘biological’ La hija La gallina El gallo
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Many common nouns are exceptions to the –a=fem / -o = masculine rule El día La moto El problema La modelo El planeta La mano
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Masculine nouns Verbs ending in -aje -or and stressed vowels El garaje El calor Rivers, seas, lakes, mountains, fruit trees El Mediterráneo el Titicaca el naranjo
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Cars, colours, days of the week and compass points Un Renault nuevo El lunes El azul El sur
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Feminine nouns Nouns that end in -ión - dad - tad - triz - tud - umbre - nza - cia - ie
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Letters of the alphabet Islands Roads La ene Las Islas Galápagos La M45
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Many nouns ending in –ma are masculine El clima El problema El programa El sistema El pijama El tema
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Plurals Add an ‘s’ if the word ends in a vowel or a stressed ‘e’ Add an ‘es’ if it ends in a consonant
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Exceptions Nouns ending in unstressed vowels and ‘s’ do not change in plural Including days of the week La crises/las crises El lunes/los lunes
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Nouns ending in ‘z’ Change to ‘ces’ in the plural Un lápiz Dos lapices
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Nouns with an accent on the last syllable Lose the accent in the plural La opinión – las opiniones
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Words ending in ‘en’ with stress on penultimate syllable Add an accent in the plural to keep the stress La imagen Las imágenes
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Many words are masculine but encorporate both genders Los padres Los hijos Los reyes Los hermanos Los amigos
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Proper names do not pluralise Eg. Los Simpson Los ONG
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