Transcript Gender of Nouns

Gender of Nouns
In Spanish, all nouns have gender; they are
either masculine or feminine.
Nouns that end in ‘-o’ are generally
masculine.
el chico
the boy
el libro
the book
Nouns that end in ‘-a’, ‘-ción’, ‘-sión’, ‘-dad’, or
‘-tad’ are usually feminine.
la chica
the girl
la puerta
the door
la presentación
the presentation
la nación
the nation
** Note that the ending ‘ción’ in Spanish is
‘tion’ in English.
la missión
la televisión
la posibilidad
la libertad
the mission
the television
[the media]
the possibility
the liberty
**Note that the endings ‘tad’ & ‘dad’ in
Spanish is ‘ty’ in English.
Then gender of other types of Spanish nouns
must be learned with the nouns themselves,
since they may not fall into one of these
patterns.
El día
- the day la tarde – the afternoon
la noche – the night
Some nouns have only one form, and the gender
is determined by the article.
el estudiante – the student [masc.]
la estudiante – the student [fem.]