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A Spanish Grammar Lesson

Masculine and Feminine

In the Spanish language nouns that refer to people and animals are either masculine or feminine.  Many of them are obvious such as man, boy and bull for masculine; and woman, girl and cow for feminine.  Sometimes things and even ideas and places are given personification.  A ship or a city may be referred to as “she.” 

            In Spanish all nouns are considered to be either masculine or feminine for grammatical purposes.  The grammatical gender of people and animals can also be determined by their natural gender in Spanish, such as cow being feminine and bull being masculine.  In Spanish the grammatical gender of ideas and places can often be determined by the noun ending.  Most nouns ending in the letter “o” are masculine, and most nouns ending in the letter “a” are feminine.  Dr. Memory™ has provided us with pictures from his Picture Perfect Spanish program to help you understand and remember this gender concept as well as all other masculine and feminine concepts. 

            Since the colors blue and pink are often used to refer to masculine and feminine with babies, these colors will be used to help you understand the masculine and feminine endings in Spanish as well as other masculine and feminine concepts.