Identify

• Indicate the gender of nouns in a statement.
• Identify grammatical gender (masculine or feminine).

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• LEAF Spanish Grammar: Nouns – Basics

60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson

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If you’re talking about people, masculine and feminine nouns will follow the sex of the person that you’re talking about.

El niño : The male child

La niña : The female child

El hombre : The man

La mujer : The woman

For objects, there might not be ANY clear reason why some nouns are masculine and some are feminine.

La mano : The hand (fem.)

El mapa : The map (masc.)

La silla : The chair (fem.)

El carro : The car (masc.)

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GENDER OF NOUNS : (los sustantivos y el género)

Masculine Nouns:

Often ends with [-o] (but not all the time!) :

el bolígrafo : pen
el libro : book
el cuaderno : notebook

Refers to a man :

el maestro : teacher
el mesero : waiter
el estudiante : male student

Feminine Nouns:

Often ends with [-a] (but not all the time!) :

la mochila : backpack
la ventana : window
la mesa : table

Refers to a woman :

la maestra : teacher
la mesera : waitress
la estudiante : female student

There are a few exceptions to these rules:

Masculine Nouns:

el clima : weather
el día : day
el poema : poem
el problema : problem

Feminine Nouns:

la mano : hand
la foto : photograph
la moto : motorcycle

and MANY MORE exceptions that can not be listed here!

Engage

• LEAF 60-Second Spanish Grammar Lesson Index

Explore

• YouTube/SpanishWizards: Spanish Nouns
• YouTube/MrLearnSpanish: Basic Spanish Nouns

Quizlet Activity

• Nouns – Basics
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Quizlet Activity

• Nouns – Masculine and Feminine – Examples
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