Nouns ending in a/d/ion/z are feminine
Nouns ending in o/or/al/ador are masculine
El muchacho |
The boy |
El amigo |
The friend |
El libro |
The book |
El soldado
|
The soldier
|
El palacio
|
the soldier
|
El rey
|
The king
|
|
La muchacha
|
The girl
|
la amiga
|
The girl-friend
|
La mesa
|
The table
|
Una mazana
|
An apple
|
La casa
|
The house
|
La puerta
|
The door
|
La ciudad
|
The city
|
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Plural of Nouns
1. Nouns ending in vowels are formed plural by adding ‘s’
El palacio: los palacios
2. Nouns ending in consonants and ‘y’ are formed by adding ‘es’
La ciudad: las ciudades
3. Nouns ending in ‘z’ are formed plural by changing ‘z’ to ‘ces’
El lapis: los lapices (the pencils)
La voz: laz voces (the voices)
Strong and Weak Vowels
a/o/e are strong vowels
i/u are weak vowels
Accented words
Lápiz: acute accent: laapiz (pencil)
Mañana: tilde accent: manyana (tomorrow)
El Niño (the child)