Ch. 1 - Masculine and feminine nouns (El masculino y femenino)

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Most words ending in *-o* are masculine.

Examples: el abuel*o*, el herman*o*, el hij*o*, el niet*o* Some exceptions: la fot*o*, la man*o*, la mot*o* Note: la foto and la moto are shortened forms for la fotografía and la motocicleta.

Words ending in *-dad* or *-tad* are feminine.

Examples: la ciu*dad*, la liber*tad*, la universi*dad* Note: These suffixes are equivalent to the English -ty.

Words ending in *-ción* and *-sión* are feminine.

Examples: la discu*sión*, la recep*ción*, la televi*sión* Note: The suffix *-ción* is equivalent to the English -tion.

Most words ending in *-a* are feminine.

Examples: la herman*a*, la hij*a*, la mam*á*, la tí*a* Some exceptions: el dí*a*, el pap*á*, and words of Greek origin ending in *-ma*, such as el proble*ma* and el progra*ma*.

True or False: In Spanish, all nouns have gender.

True


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