{"id":73,"date":"2022-01-10T20:41:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:41:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ricardodev.pressbooks.network\/cloneofclientbook\/chapter\/genero-de-sustantivos\/"},"modified":"2023-04-04T17:38:27","modified_gmt":"2023-04-04T17:38:27","slug":"genero-de-sustantivos","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ricardodev.pressbooks.network\/cloneofclientbook\/chapter\/genero-de-sustantivos\/","title":{"raw":"G\u00e9nero de sustantivos","rendered":"G\u00e9nero de sustantivos"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"wrapper\">\n<div id=\"wrap\">\n<div id=\"content\" role=\"main\">\n<div id=\"post-749\" class=\"numberless post-749 chapter type-chapter status-publish hentry chapter-type-numberless\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Objetivos<\/h3>\nIdentify the gender of nouns\n\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<table class=\"alignright\" style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 40%;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100.41%;\" colspan=\"2\">\u00a1Ojo! (Watch out!) El g\u00e9nero de los sustantivos es importante!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 161px;\">\n\n<img class=\"wp-image-1701\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173319\/Franciscus_in_2015-227x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173319\/Franciscus_in_2015-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173319\/Franciscus_in_2015-65x86.jpg 65w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173319\/Franciscus_in_2015-225x298.jpg 225w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173319\/Franciscus_in_2015.jpg 245w\" alt=\"the pope\" width=\"151\" height=\"200\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">el Papa<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50.4104%;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 161px;\">\n\n<img class=\"wp-image-1702\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173659\/potato-227x300.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173659\/potato-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173659\/potato-65x86.jpg 65w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173659\/potato-225x297.jpg 225w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173659\/potato.jpg 240w\" alt=\"the potato\" width=\"151\" height=\"200\">\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">la papa<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>G\u00e9nero de los sustantivos (Gender of Nouns)<\/h3>\nAll nouns in Spanish have a gender: masculine or feminine. Except in the case of people or animals, linguistic gender is a convention of language, not a property of the noun. For this reason, you won\u2019t be able to guess the gender of a noun based on the object itself; you need to learn the gender along with the noun. However, there are some rules that can help determine the gender of an unknown word:\n\n<strong>1.\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; text-align: initial;\"><strong>The\u00a0gender\u00a0of\u00a0nouns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n \t<li>The definite article meaning \u201cthe\u201d is <strong><em>la <\/em><\/strong>for feminine singular nouns.\n<ul>\n \t<li>Most\u00a0words\u00a0ending\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>\u2013a\u00a0<\/strong>are\u00a0feminine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_chica.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la\u00a0chic<strong>a\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_silla.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la\u00a0sill<strong>a\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_tiza.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la\u00a0tiz<strong>a\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n \t<li>All\u00a0words\u00a0ending\u00a0in<strong>\u00a0-si\u00f3n<\/strong>, <strong>-ci\u00f3n<\/strong>, <strong>-tad<\/strong>, <strong>-dad<\/strong>, and \u2013<strong>umbre<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0feminine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_televisio\u0301n.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la televi<strong>si\u00f3n\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_educacio\u0301n.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la educa<strong>ci\u00f3n\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_dificultad.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la dificul<strong>tad\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_universidad.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la universi<strong>dad\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_lumbre.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la l<strong>umbre<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul>\n \t<li>The definite article meaning \u201cthe\u201d is <strong><em>el<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 for masculine\u00a0singular nouns. Notice that <em>el <\/em>without the accent mark is the article\u2026 what does\u00a0<em>\u00e9l\u00a0<\/em>mean? That\u2019s right it means \u201che\u201d. Don\u2019t confuse\u00a0<em>el<\/em> and\u00a0<em>\u00e9l!<\/em>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Most words ending in<strong>\u00a0\u2013o<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0masculine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_chico.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el\u00a0chic<strong>o\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_libro.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el\u00a0libr<strong>o\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_cuaderno.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el\u00a0cuadern<strong>o\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n \t<li>Many\u00a0words\u00a0ending\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>\u2013ma<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0masculine\u00a0(and originated from the Greek language):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_problema.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el proble<strong>ma\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_clima.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el cli<strong>ma\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_idioma.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el idio<strong>ma\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>Many nouns end in \u2013<em class=\"italic\">e.\u00a0 <\/em>While statistically more are masculine than feminine, there is no firm rule for these and you need to memorize their gender when learning their meaning:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_clase.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la clas<strong>e\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_diente.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el dient<strong>e<\/strong> (tooth)\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_coche.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el coch<strong>e<\/strong> (car)<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>Many nouns that end in consonants other than -d or -z are masculine, but again this is not a firm rule and you must memorize their gender:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_honor.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el honor (honor)\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_hospital.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el hospital (hospital)\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_hotel.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el hotel (hotel)<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>There\u00a0are\u00a0other\u00a0nouns\u00a0that\u00a0do\u00a0not\u00a0clearly\u00a0reveal\u00a0their\u00a0gender, so\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0important\u00a0that\u00a0you\u00a0memorize\u00a0them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_pupitre.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el pupitre\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_la\u0301piz.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el l\u00e1piz\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_reloj.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el reloj\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_luz.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la luz\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_pared.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la pared<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>There are some exceptions that you\u00a0have to\u00a0remember:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_di\u0301a.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el d\u00eda\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_mapa.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el mapa\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_mano.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la mano\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_foto.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la foto\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_moto.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la moto (motorcycle)<\/p>\n<strong>2. People:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li>When referring to people, the biological sex of a person will determine a word\u2019s gender regardless of the rules described above.\u00a0However, as society has become more sensitive to sexism, as well as questions of gender and sexual identity, people have begun experimenting with ways to adjust the traditional binary-gendered structure of the Spanish language. Click the link below to explore some of the experiments in gender-neutral language that Spanish speakers have been developing.\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nonbinary.wiki\/wiki\/Gender_neutral_language_in_Spanish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nonbinary.wiki\/wiki\/Gender_neutral_language_in_Spanish<\/a><\/li>\n \t<li>Some nouns for people will be identical except for the -o or -a ending:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_muchacho.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el muchacho<\/span> (boy)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_muchacha.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la muchacha<\/span> (girl)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_nin\u0303o.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el ni\u00f1o<\/span> (male child)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_nin\u0303a.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la ni\u00f1a<\/span> (female child)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_maestro.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el maestro<\/span> (male teacher)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_maestra.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la maestra<\/span> (female teacher)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_compan\u0303ero_de_clase.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el compa\u00f1ero de clase<\/span> (male classmate)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_compan\u0303era_de_clase.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la compa\u00f1era de clase<\/span> (female classmate)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_amigo.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el amigo<\/span> (male friend)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_amiga.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la amiga<\/span> (female friend)<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>However, other nouns are completely different for masculine and feminine forms:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_hombre.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el hombre<\/span> (man)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_mujer.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la mujer<\/span> (woman)<\/p>\n\n<ul>\n \t<li>Some nouns for people are identical, and the gender is shown only in the definite article:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_estudiante.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el estudiante<\/span> (male student)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_estudiante.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la estudiante<\/span> (female student)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_dentista.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el dentista<\/span> (male dentist)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_dentista.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la dentista<\/span> (female dentist)<\/p>\nRemember! The gender of nouns that do not refer to people is an inherent characteristic that cannot be changed.\u00a0 If you change the gender ending of an inanimate object, you can be changing the meaning of the noun to another legitimate word in Spanish:\n<ul>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_caso.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el caso<\/span> (case)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_casa.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la casa<\/span> (house)<\/li>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_puerto.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el puerto<\/span> (port)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_puerta.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la puerta<\/span> (door)<\/li>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_papa.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el Papa<\/span> (the Pope)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_papa.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la papa<\/span> (potato)<\/li>\n \t<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_libro.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>el libro<\/span> (book)\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_libra.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/span>la libra<\/span> (pound)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>\u00a1Int\u00e9ntalo! 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width: 40%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 100.41%;\" colspan=\"2\">\u00a1Ojo! (Watch out!) El g\u00e9nero de los sustantivos es importante!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1701\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 161px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1701\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173319\/Franciscus_in_2015-227x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173319\/Franciscus_in_2015-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173319\/Franciscus_in_2015-65x86.jpg 65w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173319\/Franciscus_in_2015-225x298.jpg 225w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173319\/Franciscus_in_2015.jpg 245w\" alt=\"the pope\" width=\"151\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">el Papa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50.4104%;\">\n<div id=\"attachment_1702\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 161px;\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1702\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173659\/potato-227x300.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 151px) 100vw, 151px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173659\/potato-227x300.jpg 227w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173659\/potato-65x86.jpg 65w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173659\/potato-225x297.jpg 225w, https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4475\/2019\/05\/01173659\/potato.jpg 240w\" alt=\"the potato\" width=\"151\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">la papa<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3>G\u00e9nero de los sustantivos (Gender of Nouns)<\/h3>\n<p>All nouns in Spanish have a gender: masculine or feminine. Except in the case of people or animals, linguistic gender is a convention of language, not a property of the noun. For this reason, you won\u2019t be able to guess the gender of a noun based on the object itself; you need to learn the gender along with the noun. However, there are some rules that can help determine the gender of an unknown word:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1.\u00a0<\/strong><span style=\"font-size: 1rem; text-align: initial;\"><strong>The\u00a0gender\u00a0of\u00a0nouns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The definite article meaning \u201cthe\u201d is <strong><em>la <\/em><\/strong>for feminine singular nouns.\n<ul>\n<li>Most\u00a0words\u00a0ending\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>\u2013a\u00a0<\/strong>are\u00a0feminine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_chica.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la\u00a0chic<strong>a<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_silla.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la\u00a0sill<strong>a<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_tiza.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la\u00a0tiz<strong>a\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>All\u00a0words\u00a0ending\u00a0in<strong>\u00a0-si\u00f3n<\/strong>, <strong>-ci\u00f3n<\/strong>, <strong>-tad<\/strong>, <strong>-dad<\/strong>, and \u2013<strong>umbre<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0feminine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_televisio\u0301n.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la televi<strong>si\u00f3n<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_educacio\u0301n.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la educa<strong>ci\u00f3n<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_dificultad.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la dificul<strong>tad<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_universidad.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la universi<strong>dad<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_lumbre.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la l<strong>umbre<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\n<ul>\n<li>The definite article meaning \u201cthe\u201d is <strong><em>el<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 for masculine\u00a0singular nouns. Notice that <em>el <\/em>without the accent mark is the article\u2026 what does\u00a0<em>\u00e9l\u00a0<\/em>mean? That\u2019s right it means \u201che\u201d. Don\u2019t confuse\u00a0<em>el<\/em> and\u00a0<em>\u00e9l!<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Most words ending in<strong>\u00a0\u2013o<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0masculine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_chico.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el\u00a0chic<strong>o<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_libro.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el\u00a0libr<strong>o<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_cuaderno.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el\u00a0cuadern<strong>o\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Many\u00a0words\u00a0ending\u00a0in\u00a0<strong>\u2013ma<\/strong>\u00a0are\u00a0masculine\u00a0(and originated from the Greek language):<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_problema.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el proble<strong>ma<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_clima.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el cli<strong>ma<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_idioma.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el idio<strong>ma\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many nouns end in \u2013<em class=\"italic\">e.\u00a0 <\/em>While statistically more are masculine than feminine, there is no firm rule for these and you need to memorize their gender when learning their meaning:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_clase.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la clas<strong>e<br \/>\n<\/strong><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_diente.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el dient<strong>e<\/strong> (tooth)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_coche.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el coch<strong>e<\/strong> (car)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Many nouns that end in consonants other than -d or -z are masculine, but again this is not a firm rule and you must memorize their gender:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_honor.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el honor (honor)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_hospital.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el hospital (hospital)<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_hotel.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el hotel (hotel)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There\u00a0are\u00a0other\u00a0nouns\u00a0that\u00a0do\u00a0not\u00a0clearly\u00a0reveal\u00a0their\u00a0gender, so\u00a0it\u00a0is\u00a0important\u00a0that\u00a0you\u00a0memorize\u00a0them.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_pupitre.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el pupitre<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_la\u0301piz.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el l\u00e1piz<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_reloj.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el reloj<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_luz.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la luz<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_pared.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la pared<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are some exceptions that you\u00a0have to\u00a0remember:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_di\u0301a.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el d\u00eda<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_mapa.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el mapa<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_mano.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la mano<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_foto.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la foto<br \/>\n<span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_moto.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la moto (motorcycle)<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. People:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When referring to people, the biological sex of a person will determine a word\u2019s gender regardless of the rules described above.\u00a0However, as society has become more sensitive to sexism, as well as questions of gender and sexual identity, people have begun experimenting with ways to adjust the traditional binary-gendered structure of the Spanish language. Click the link below to explore some of the experiments in gender-neutral language that Spanish speakers have been developing.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/nonbinary.wiki\/wiki\/Gender_neutral_language_in_Spanish\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/nonbinary.wiki\/wiki\/Gender_neutral_language_in_Spanish<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some nouns for people will be identical except for the -o or -a ending:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_muchacho.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el muchacho<\/span> (boy)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_muchacha.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la muchacha<\/span> (girl)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_nin\u0303o.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el ni\u00f1o<\/span> (male child)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_nin\u0303a.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la ni\u00f1a<\/span> (female child)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_maestro.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el maestro<\/span> (male teacher)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_maestra.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la maestra<\/span> (female teacher)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_compan\u0303ero_de_clase.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el compa\u00f1ero de clase<\/span> (male classmate)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_compan\u0303era_de_clase.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la compa\u00f1era de clase<\/span> (female classmate)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_amigo.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el amigo<\/span> (male friend)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_amiga.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la amiga<\/span> (female friend)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>However, other nouns are completely different for masculine and feminine forms:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_hombre.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el hombre<\/span> (man)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_mujer.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la mujer<\/span> (woman)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Some nouns for people are identical, and the gender is shown only in the definite article:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 90px;\"><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_estudiante.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el estudiante<\/span> (male student)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_estudiante.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la estudiante<\/span> (female student)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_dentista.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el dentista<\/span> (male dentist)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_dentista.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" 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The gender of nouns that do not refer to people is an inherent characteristic that cannot be changed.\u00a0 If you change the gender ending of an inanimate object, you can be changing the meaning of the noun to another legitimate word in Spanish:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_caso.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el caso<\/span> (case)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_casa.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la casa<\/span> (house)<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_puerto.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el puerto<\/span> (port)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_puerta.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la puerta<\/span> (door)<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_papa.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el Papa<\/span> (the Pope)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_papa.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la papa<\/span> (potato)<\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/el_libro.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>el libro<\/span> (book)<br \/>\n<span lang=\"es\"><span class=\"translation\" title=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/course-building.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/Spanish\/in-text_audio\/U1\/la_libra.mp3\" target=\"audio\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"vertical-align: middle;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4100\/2019\/03\/22171914\/play.png\" alt=\"Play Audio\" width=\"40\" height=\"40\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span>la libra<\/span> (pound)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>\u00a1Int\u00e9ntalo! 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