Nouns in Spanish:
(Remember a noun is a person, place, thing, or idea)
Nouns in Spanish are masculine or feminine, AND singular or plural
Nouns that typically end in with the letter -o are Masculine.
por ejemplo: vaso, bolígrafo, vestido
Nouns that typically end with the letter -a are Feminine.
por ejemplo: puerta, ventana, blusa
Nouns that end -umbre, -dad, -tad, -ción, -sión are also indicators of Feminine words.
por ejemplo: costumbre, oportunidad, libertad, nación, televisión
Los irregulares:
***Careful with words Greek in origin such as el mapa and el programa. These words, although
they end with the letter -a, are masculine.
***The word for day, el día, is masculine as well even though it ends with the letter -a.
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