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20 Cards in this Set
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almost all nouns that end in "o" are masculine.
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el chico
el muchacho el abuelo |
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Almost all nouns that end in "a" are masculine.
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la chica
la muchacha la abuela |
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To make a noun ending in "o" or "a" plural add "s"; el->los and la->las
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los chicos, las chicas
los muchachas, las muchachas los abuelos, las abuelas |
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Nouns ending in dad, tad, tud, umbre, ción, and sión are all feminine.
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la cuidad
la dificultad la actitud la nación la inversión la muchedumbre |
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All nouns ending in a consonant form the plural by adding "es"
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las ciudades
las dificultades las actitudes las naciones las inversiones |
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Most nouns ending in "sis" are feminine.
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la thesis
la dosis la sinopsis |
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Feminine nouns that begin with "a" begin with "el" when the first syllable is stressed.
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el arma, las armas
el agua, las aguas el hacha, las hachas |
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Nouns that end in "a" and that have Greek roots are masculine.
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el mapa, las mapas
el clima, las climas el drama, las dramas |
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Nouns ending in "ista" refer to professions/political persuasions and masculine with men and feminine with women.
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el dentista, la dentista
el novelista, la novelista el comunista, la comunista |
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Nouns that end in "e" and don't refer to humans are generally masculine.
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el parque
el aire el pie el bosque |
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To form plural nouns that end in "e" just add "s"
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los parques
los aires los pies los bosques |
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Many nouns that refer to equipment or machinery end in either "or" or "ora"
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el computador
la computadora |
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Many compound nouns are formed by using a verb root, adjective, or a preposition with a noun to form one word.
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el abrelatas
el todcadiscos el guardorropa |
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To form a diminuitive and augmentatives add "ito" or "illo"
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casa(house),casita(little house)
vaso(glass),vasito(little glass) chica(girl),chiquita(cute girl) |
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To form a diminuitive and augmentatives in nouns ending in consonants "r" or "n" or "e" affix "cito"
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el ratón, ratoncito
el café, cafecito |
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The definite article must be used in Spanish with all general or abstract nouns.
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La leche es buenna para la salud.
Milk is good for the health. |
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The definite article must be used with titles when talking about someone. However, the article is ommitted in direct discourse.
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El doctor Juan es dentista.
Buenos días, señor Juan. |
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The definite article is used with languages unless the name of the language immediately follow the verb "hablar" or the prepositions "de" and "en"
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Hablo español.
El español es un idioma romance. |
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When the definite article is used with days of the week, it means "on"
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Lunes es el primer día de la semana.
Monday is the first day of the week. |
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The prepositions "a" always precedes a direct object in Spanish when the direct object is a person. But not used after "tener".
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Veo a Juan.
Miramos al niño. Tengo dos hermanos. |
