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In spanish, the nouns are masculine or femenine. The ways to distinguish between them are as follows.
Masculine Nouns
When
do we use it?
|
Example
|
Noun
ends with “o”
|
El
candado
|
Noun
ends with “n”
|
El panteón
|
Noun
ends with “r”
|
El
creador
|
Noun
ends with “l”
|
El plantel
|
Noun
ends with “aje”
|
El
traje
|
Males
|
El hombre
|
Cardinal
directions
|
El
sur
|
Days
of the week
|
El martes
|
Ordinal
numbers
|
El
quinto
|
Names
of oceans and mountains
|
El Pacífico
|
Feminine Nouns
When
do we use it?
|
Example
|
Noun
ends with “a”
|
La
silla
|
Noun
ends with “d”
|
La creatividad
|
Noun
ends with “z”
|
La
luz
|
Females
|
La mujer
|
Letters
of the alphabet
|
La
C
|
Plural Forms
Nouns that end with a vowel
If the noun ends with a,e,i,o,u, then just add "s".
Examples:
El libro - Los libros
The books - The books
La niña - Las niñas
The girl - The girls
Nouns that end with a consonant
If the noun ends with consonants (l,n,r) then just add "es".
Examples:
El color - Los colores
The color - The colors
La canción - Las canciones
The song - The songs
