1. Gender of nouns Nouns (Los sustantivos)

2. Nouns (Los sustantivos) People, places, things Nouns in Spanish have a gender. They are either masculine or feminine, and you will need to know the gender of a word so that you can use the correct article and adjective with it. Gender is arbitrary, but there are some ways to help you remember.

3. These words are feminine. What do you notice about their endings? la pluma la silla unatelevisión unaconversación la universidad la libertad

5. -ión

6. -adUse la (the) and una (a, one) with feminine words.

7. These words are masculine. What do you notice about their endings? un libro el estadio el baño un pupitre el coche el pizarrón el inglés un profesor el papel

9. -e

10. -consonantUse el (the) and un (a, one) with masculine words.

11. ¡¡¡Las excepciones!!! But a few words ending in –e turn out to be feminine. And a few words ending in –a are actually masculine!

13. singular or plural