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What is the gender of the noun for a living thing?
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Noun's gender corresponds to the gender of the living thing.
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"el" & "la" are what & mean what?
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They mean "the" and are definite articles
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How can you know the gender for non-living things?
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You can't; you just have to memorize their endings.
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Masculine nouns that end in a consonant usually also have what?
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A corresponding feminine form that ends in -a.
Ex: El profesor/la profesora |
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Gender of nouns referring to people that use the same ending for both masculine & feminine is indicated by what?
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The gender of the article preceding the noun.
Ex: el artista/la artista |
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What noun endings are always feminine?
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-sión, -dad, -tad, -tud, & -umbre
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Nouns that end in -a but are masculine
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el problema, el telegrama, el programa, el mapa, el sistema, el poema, el día, el tema, el clima, el idioma, el sofá, & el planeta
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Many nouns that end in what are usually masculine?
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-ma
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4 exceptions to the -ma rule that are still masculine
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el día, el mapa, el planeta, & el sofá
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