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February 03, 2007
Masculine vs Feminine Spanish Nouns II
Following are more rules that might help you determine the gender of some nouns:
- Nouns ending in -dad, -tad, -tud, -umbre, -ción and -sión are generally
feminine:
la ciudad (city)
la universidad (university)
la libertad (liberty)
la dificultad (difficulty)
la actitud (attitude)
la gratitud (gratitude)
la certidumbre (certainty)
la muchedumbre (crowd)
la nación (nation)
la construcción (construction)
la televisión (television)
la decisión (decision)
- Masculine nouns that end in a consonant often have a corresponding
feminine form that ends in -a:
el profesor - la profesora (teacher)
el doctor - la doctora (doctor)
el señor - la señora (Mr, Mrs)
- Four of the nouns ending in -a are masculine and must be memorized.
el día (day)
el mapa (map)
el planeta (planet)
el sofá (sofa)
- A few nouns ending in -o are feminine.
la mano (hand)
la radio (radio)
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Posted by lubw00 at February 3, 2007 01:57 AM