PART 1. NOUNS, ADJECTIVES AND PRONOUNS 1. NOUNS 1.a. GENDER A noun is a word used to denote a person, animal, place, thing or idea: PERSON: man, woman, lady, lawyer ANIMAL: dog, cat, mouse PLACE: home, garden, moon, Logroño THING: table, computer, tomato IDEA: loneliness, idea, freedom. All nouns in Spanish are either MASCULINE or FEMININE, including places, things and ideas: MASCULINE FEMININE chico chica ratón rata Portugal España bolígrafo mesa aburrimiento desesperación When you learn a new noun in Spanish you must always learn whether it is masculine or feminine. Usually, nouns that end in –o are masculine and nouns that end in –a are feminine: humano (m), ojo (m), anuncio (m) casa (f), mesa (f), muñeca (f). Threre are a lot of exceptions though! problema (m), tema (m), mapa (m), telegrama (m) mano (f), radio (f), soprano (f), moto (f) When nouns refer to people they often have a masculine and a feminine form. If the masculine form ends with an o, the feminine form usually ends in an a. If the masculine ends in a consonant, we often add an a to the feminine form: MASCULINE FEMININE chico chica tío tía señor señora profesor profesora
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