SPAN 111 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: La Silla Observatory, Mesa, Paella

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Spanish Language and Literature
• Course: SPAN 111
• Professor: Consuelo Kani

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Preguntas y respuestas tiles (useful questions and answers) Excuse me? (when you don"t understand or hear) G nero y n mero de los sustantivos (gender and number of nouns) In spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine in gender. Most nouns that end in -o or denote males are masculine (cuaderno, hombre (man)), and most nouns that end in -a or denote females are feminine (ventana, mujer (woman)). Some masculine nouns ending in -o have a corresponding feminine form ending in -a (i. e. el secretario/la secretaria) When a masculine noun ends in a consonant, you often add -a to obtain its corresponding feminine form (i. e. el doctor/la doctora) Some nouns have the same form for both genders (i. e. el estudiante, la estudiante). In such cases, gender is indicated by the article el (masculine) or la (feminine) Pay attention to the agreement in gender and number.