6. WhatWhat’’s to know?s to know?
Masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives.Masculine and feminine nouns and adjectives.
Agreement in number.Agreement in number.
7. Spanish uses nounsSpanish uses nouns
that are eitherthat are either
feminine or masculine.feminine or masculine.
The nouns also changeThe nouns also change
to be singular andto be singular and
plural.plural.
(number)(number)
8. The end of a nounThe end of a noun
usually signifies theusually signifies the
gender.gender.
-a -o
female male
9. TheThe ““ss”” at the endat the end
shows a plural noun.shows a plural noun.
-as -os
Feminine
plural
Masculine
plural
10. In Spanish the adjective agrees with
the noun it describes in gender.
The adjectiveThe adjective bonitobonito will change towill change to
bonitabonita when used to describe awhen used to describe a nounnoun
which is feminine.which is feminine.
elel vestidvestidoo bonitbonitoo
lala camisetcamisetaa bonitbonitaa
11. In Spanish the adjective agrees with
the noun it describes in number.
The adjectiveThe adjective alto/aalto/a willwill
change tochange to altos/asaltos/as whenwhen
used to describe moreused to describe more
than one noun.than one noun.
plural forms (+1):plural forms (+1):
loslos amigamigosos altaltosos
laslas casas altcasas altasas
singular forms (1):singular forms (1):
elel amigamigoo altaltoo
lala cascasaa altaltaa
13. When both masculine and feminine nounsWhen both masculine and feminine nouns
are described by one adjective theare described by one adjective the masculinemasculine
form is used.form is used.
Juan es alto.Juan es alto.
Julia es alta.Julia es alta.
Juan y Julia son altJuan y Julia son altosos..
A word ending in “a” usually shows feminine, “o” signifies male.
Similar to English.
The examples show the difference between male (el vestido bonito) and female (la camiseta bonita).
The first examples show the plural version of female and male. The second example show the singular form.
Notice the difference between each example. Male/Female and Singular/Plural
In short remember that the male dominates (grammatically speaking).
Notice that the article, noun, verb and adjectives all correspond with each other. (article – el, abuelo – noun, verb – es, adjectives – simpatico, viejo)
The “a” represents a feminine gender. (article – la, noun – abuela, verb – es, adjectives – simpatica, vieja)
Here the gender is male (because the male dominates) and each word is plural. (article – los, noun – abuelos, verb – son, adjectives – simpaticos, viejos)
Notice the difference between each example and why the word ends with “a”, “o” or “os/as”.
Notice the difference between each example and why the word ends with “a”, “o” or “os/as”.
Click to reveal the answer. Some answers can be interchanged. Identify which ones can have different answers.
