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Genre Number
In Spanish, nouns have gender: masculine and feminine. Generally, if a noun ends in:-o or consonant it is masculine: niño, señor-a it is feminine: niña, señora
How to change the genre?If a noun ends in:-o change the «o» into «a» - niño – niña-consonant add an «a» - señor – señoraThere are several nouns that have the same ending (suffix) for both genres:estudiante, artista, canadiense
Some nouns that end in «o» are feminine: mano (hand)
Some nouns that end (suffix) in «consonant» are feminine: universidad, institución
Some nouns that end in «a» are masculine: problema, sistema
Spanish nouns can also be singular and plural. Generally, you add «s» or «es» at the end of the word.
Add «s» if the word end in vowel: señora – señoras
Add «es» if the word end in consonant: señor – señores
Note: In Spanish all the words that refer or modify (adjectives) the noun must be in the same genre and number.
Compare: English:
The new teacher (female singular) The new teachers (female plural)
Spanish:
La profesora nueva (female singular) Las profesoras nuevas (female plural)
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Individual and collective nouns
Individual singular nouns name one person, animal or thing. Collective nouns name a singular set of people, animals or things.
Example:
Individual noun: pájaro (bird)Collective noun: bandada (bevy)
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