Spanish nouns and gender #1

Bobby And Susan

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• Publié par: swatson033
• Nombre de lectures: 311
• Langue: English

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 Page1of6 EnglishSpanish Spanish Nouns and Gender # 1 Helpful Handouts People and Animals For English Speakers Who Want to Learn Spanish A Review for Intermediate and Advanced Students MostIn Spanish, all nouns are classified as either masculine or feminine. nouns ending inoare masculine and most nouns ending in–aare feminine. Nouns that refer to people and animalsgenerallyreflect their genders. MasculineFeminine el abuelograndfather laabuela grandmother el abuelo el amigofriend (male)la amigafriend (female) el chicolittle boyla chicalittle girl el compañeroclassmate lacompañera classmate (female) (female) el cuñadobrotherin–law lacuñada sisterinlaw husband lael esposoesposa wife el gatocat (male)la gatacat (female) el hermanobrother lahermana sister el hijoson lahija daughter el muchachomuchacha girlboy la el nietograndson lanieta granddaughter el niñochild (male)la niñachild (female) el padrefather lamadre mother el perrodog (male)la perradog (female) el primocousin (male)la primacousin (female la abuela el sobrinonephew lasobrina niece fatherinlaw lael suegrosuegra motherinlaw el tíouncle latía aunt el torobull lavaca cow el vecinoneighbor (male)la vecinaneighbor (female) Exercise 1 Fill in the blank with the Spanish masculine or feminine noun. 1. La __________ de María aún tiene vigor a los 82 años. (Maria’s grandmother is still vigorous at age 82.)  2. Estoy casada y tengo un __________ y una __________. (Iammarried and I have a son and a daughter.) la mujer y  3. Mi hermana tiene un hijo lo que significa que you tengo un __________.  elhombre (My sister has a son so I have a nephew.) 4. El queso es un alimento elaborado a partir de la leche de la __________. (Cheese is a food made from cow’s milk.) Free handout from EnglishSpanish Helpful Handoutshttp://sites.google.com/site/englishspanishhelpfulhandouts Photos:www.flickr.comA. Blight, matt.simpson, Alie Aesthetic, dalbera, Graham Hodgson,(Creative Commons License) fanz, seandreilinger, CharlesFred, semuthutan,Scott Abelman, IXQUICK, Alice Popkorn, Tambako the Jaguar, Flávio Cruvinel Brandão