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Title: Nouns and Articles


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Nouns and Articles
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The gender of nouns
masculine (end in O)
Spanish nouns
femenine (end in a)
Exceptions
____foto,____ moto, ____ mano, ___ radio
___ día,____ mapa, ___planeta,
____tranvía,___yoga
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Nouns ending in -ma
___anagrama, ____clima,____crucigrama,
___drama,____esquema, ___fantasma,____,
panorama,___pijama,____problema,
____programa,____ sistema,____síntoma
Nouns ending in ista invariable
___socialista, ____ciclista
Nouns with aje, -or, -án, -ambre are masculine
___paisaje, ___rigor, ____(but la labor, la
flor), ___desván, ___enjambre, ___sofá, ____café
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-Nouns ending in -ión, -dad, -tad, -tud,
-umbre, -ie, isis,-itis are femenine
__estación, __(but el avión, el camión, el
gorrión),__ciudad, __ virtud, ____
muchedumbre,___superficie, ___crisis,
___apendicitis
-Words ending in tad -dad
English Ty are femenine
__ caridad (charity), __ ciudad (city),
__libertad (liberty)
-dads are femenine and mas are masculine
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Countries, regions , provinces, towns and places
ending in a are femenine Exeptions
___Canadá, ___Perú,____Uruguay
Coumpound nouns are masculine __ rascacielos
,___ limpiaparabrisas
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The plural of nouns
  • Add an s if the noun ends in a vowel
  • El coche
  • La moto
  • El café
  • By adding-es, if the noun ends in a consonant
  • La cuidad
  • El país
  • Nouns ending in z change to ces
  • la cruz

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  • Nouns which have an accent in the last syllable
    lose
  • the accent in the plural
  • La crisis
  • el lunes
  • (and all days except for sábados y domingos)
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