Did you know that nouns in Spanish are either femenine or masculine? But… how to know the gender when we talk about objects or abstract things?
Here are a few tips to help you with the feminine nouns.
Tip 1: When speaking about living creatures, nouns that end in “a” are usually feminine. For example: la gata o la niña.
Tip 2: Nouns that end in “tad”, and “dad” are usually feminine. For example: la universidad, la amistad, la ciudad.
Tip 3: Nouns that end in “ción” and “sión” are feminine. For example: la canción, la situación, la misión.
Tip 4: Nouns that end in “umbre” are feminine. For example: la cumbre, la incertidumbre.
And of course, we cannot forget the masculine nouns. Here are some tips to learn how to identify them.
Tip 1: When speaking about living creatures, nouns that end in “o” are usually masculine. For example: el gato, el niño, el perro.
Tip 2: Nouns that end in “ema”, “ima” and “oma” are usually masculine. For example: el problema, el clima, el síntoma.
Tip 3: Nouns that end in “aje” are masculine. For example: el maquillaje, el equipaje.
Tip 4: Nouns that end in “án” and “or”are masculine. For example: el sudor, el volcán, el amor, el huracán.
Although it is not possible to group absolutely all nouns into feminine or masculine categories, with the 8 tips above, it will be easier to remember the grammatical gender of a noun.
