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Gender of Nouns In Spanish, all nouns have gender; they are either masculine or feminine. Nouns that end in ‘-o’ are generally masculine. el chicothe boy el librothe book
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Nouns that end in ‘-a’, ‘-ción’, ‘-sión’, ‘-dad’, or ‘-tad’ are usually feminine. la chicathe girl la puertathe door la presentaciónthe presentation la naciónthe nation ** Note that the ending ‘ción’ in Spanish is ‘tion’ in English.
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la missiónthe mission la televisiónthe television [the media] la posibilidadthe possibility la libertadthe liberty **Note that the endings ‘tad’ & ‘dad’ in Spanish is ‘ty’ in English.
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Then gender of other types of Spanish nouns must be learned with the nouns themselves, since they may not fall into one of these patterns. El día- the day la tarde – the afternoon la noche – the night Some nouns have only one form, and the gender is determined by the article. el estudiante – the student [masc.] la estudiante – the student [fem.]
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