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    This document discusses articles in Spanish and how they differ from English. In Spanish, articles must match the gender and number of nouns. There are two genders: masculine and feminine. Masculine nouns often end in -o, -ma, -pa, -n, -l, or -r while feminine nouns often end in -a, -ad, or -ión. However, there are many exceptions. Professions can either use the same word for both genders by changing the article, or feminize the word by adding an -a ending. The document encourages doing an exercise to practice recognizing gender of words.

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    This document discusses articles in Spanish and how they differ from English. In Spanish, articles must match the gender and number of nouns. There are two genders: masculine and feminine. Masculine nouns often end in -o, -ma, -pa, -n, -l, or -r while feminine nouns often end in -a, -ad, or -ión. However, there are many exceptions. Professions can either use the same word for both genders by changing the article, or feminize the word by adding an -a ending. The document encourages doing an exercise to practice recognizing gender of words.

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    Lesson 2 - Gender

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    ​ Articles 

    In Spanish we have articles the same as in English. The main difference with 
    English, is that in Spanish you have to fit the article in gender and in number. 

    Non-specific  Specific 

    Gender  ("A")  ("The") 

    Singular (1)  Plural (+1)  Singular (1)  Plural (+1) 

    Masculine  un  unos  el  los 

    Feminine  una  unas  la  las 


      

    1) de + el = del 
    ​Atención 
    2) a + el = al 

    Genders 
    The words in Spanish can have 1 of 2 genders. They are: Masculine and Feminine. 

    Masculine 
    These are the most common rules, but of course, there will be many exceptions. 

    1.-​ Words that have endings with -​ o -e 

    el libro  el café 

    el trabajo  el viaje 

    Exceptions: 

    La mano 

    la radio 

    la foto 
    2.-​ Words that have endings with -​ ma -pa -ta 

    el problema  el mapa  el planeta 

    el idioma  el arpa  el cometa 

    Exceptions: 

    La carta 

    la pata 

    la crema 

    la cama 

    la capa 

    3.-​ Words that have endings with -​ n -l -r 

    el pan  el papel  el dolor 

    el tren  el nivel  el bar 

    Exceptions 

    la imagen 

    la piel 

    la cárcel 

    la mujer 

    Feminine 
    ​1.-​ Most female words have an ending with ​-a 

    la casa    

    la comida 

    Exceptions: 

    el dia 
    2.-​ Words that have endings with -​ ad -ión 

    la ciudad  la información 

    la facultad  la canción 

    Exceptions 

    el camión 

    el avión 

    Professions 

    Some professions can change to masculine and feminine, while others will 
    remain the same for both genders. 

    1.- I​ n case the profession remains the same for both genders, you just change the 
    correct gender of the article 

    el estudiante  la pianista 

    el artista  la artista 

    2.- I​ n case the profession changes you replace or add an -​ a​ at the end 

    el doctor  la doctora 

    el ingeniero  la ingeniera 

    el director  la directora 

    Now that do the following exercice about recognizing if the word is male or 
    female. Go to the exercice 

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