13-04-2007, 02:36
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a.Н.М.л
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Peru
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Posts: 534
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I made a short lesson about the Gender of Nouns with some exercices at the end, really easy to undestand (i hope), feel free to ask any questions here
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Gender of Nouns I
A noun is a word used to refer to a person, place, thing, or idea: (Everybody knows this but just in case –anml)
Person: Alex, boy, woman
Place: School, garden, garage
Thing: Ball, book
Idea: liberty, despair, intelligence
In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine:
Masculine Feminine
Chico------------Chica
Boy--------------Girl
Libro-------------Escuela
Book-------------School
"El" (masculine) and "la" (feminine) mean "the."
Masculine Feminine
El chico--------La chica
The boy------The girl
El libro----------La escuela
The book------The School
Nouns that end in -o are usually masculine.
Nouns that end in -a are usually feminine.
Gender of Nouns II
Masculine nouns that end in a consonant often have a corresponding feminine form that ends in -a.
Teacher
el profesor
la profesora
Doctor
el doctor
la doctora
Nouns that end in -sión, -ción, -dad, -tad, -tud, -umbre are feminine.
la televisión – tv
la ciudad – City
la universidad – Univercity
Some nouns that end in -a are masculine.
el problema – problem
el mapa – map
el planeta – planet
Many nouns that end in -ma are masculine.
el telegrama – tv
el problema – Problem
el sistema – System
Four of the nouns that end in -a are masculine.
el día – day
el mapa – map
el planeta – planet
el sofá - Sofa
A few nouns that end in -o are feminine.
la mano – hand
la radio - radio
Rules
• Most nouns that end in -o are masculine.
• Most nouns that end in -a are feminine.
• Masculine nouns that end in a consonant often have a corresponding feminine form that ends in -a.
• Nouns that end in -sión, -ción, -dad, -tad, -tud, -umbre are feminine.
• Many nouns that end in -ma are masculine.
• A few nouns that end in -o are feminine
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Execices:
A. Select the correct one
1 .- Which word is masculine?
Casa - house
Mesa - table
Libro - book
Ventana – window
2.- Which word is feminine?
numero - Number
telefono - Telefone
televisión – tv
Planeta – planet
B. Choose masculine or femenine
1.- El libro: masculine or feminine?
2.- La Pluma: masculine or feminine?
3.- Mapa: masculine or feminine?
C. Add the missing letter/word
El libr__
La mes__
__ problema
__ silla
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Offtop: i suck making lessons
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Last edited by anml; 14-04-2007 at 00:43.
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