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    Masculine: Exceptions Include Nouns Ending in - S or - X

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    This document summarizes gender rules for nouns in Spanish. It explains that most nouns ending in consonants take an -s to form the plural, while nouns ending in vowels typically take -s. It also notes exceptions like nouns ending in -s or -x. The document discusses masculine and feminine nouns, noting patterns like nouns ending in -ma, -sión being feminine. It provides examples of singular and plural forms and describes when feminine nouns take the masculine singular article. The document concludes with a table of common Spanish prepositions.

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    This document summarizes gender rules for nouns in Spanish. It explains that most nouns ending in consonants take an -s to form the plural, while nouns ending in vowels typically take -s. It also notes exceptions like nouns ending in -s or -x. The document discusses masculine and feminine nouns, noting patterns like nouns ending in -ma, -sión being feminine. It provides examples of singular and plural forms and describes when feminine nouns take the masculine singular article. The document concludes with a table of common Spanish prepositions.

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    This document summarizes gender rules for nouns in Spanish. It explains that most nouns ending in consonants take an -s to form the plural, while nouns ending in vowels typically take -s. It also notes exceptions like nouns ending in -s or -x. The document discusses masculine and feminine nouns, noting patterns like nouns ending in -ma, -sión being feminine. It provides examples of singular and plural forms and describes when feminine nouns take the masculine singular article. The document concludes with a table of common Spanish prepositions.

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    This document summarizes gender rules for nouns in Spanish. It explains that most nouns ending in consonants take an -s to form the plural, while nouns ending in vowels typically take -s. It also notes exceptions like nouns ending in -s or -x. The document discusses masculine and feminine nouns, noting patterns like nouns ending in -ma, -sión being feminine. It provides examples of singular and plural forms and describes when feminine nouns take the masculine singular article. The document concludes with a table of common Spanish prepositions.

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    MASCULINE Examples: cartel/carteles; pared/paredes;

    joven/jvenes
    's' are masculine: pas, autobs, mes, compas

    'ma' are masculine: puma, sistema, tema


    Exceptions include nouns ending in -s or -x which have
    'r', are masculine: motor, par, crter the same form in both singular and plural:
    'l', are masculine: pastel, papel, redil, mantel Examples: virus/virus, trax/trax, crisis/crisis.
    'o' are masculine: libro, nio, sueo, diccionario

    'n' are masculine: jabn, jardn, capitn, atn Singular masculine el


    'e' are masculine: puente, diente, peine

    Singular feminine la
    FEMININE

    'a' are feminine: nia, mesa, ventana


    Plural masculine los
    'cin' are feminine: cancin, nacin, situacin

    'sin' are feminine: profesin, posesin, Plural feminine las


    'd' are feminine: amistad, ciudad, voluntad

    'z' are feminine: paz, cruz, luz When a feminine singular noun begins with a stressed a
    About 50% of nouns ending in 'e' are feminine: or ha sound, the masculine definite article is used
    instead of the feminine definite article.
    -ista can be masculine or feminine: turista, dentista,
    periodista. When the same noun is plural, the regular feminine
    article is used.
    -ente can be masculine or feminine: gerente, cliente,
    dirigente. Check out these examples of feminine words that take
    the masculine singular article (el) in the singular, but the
    -ante can be masculine or feminine: visitante, agente, feminine plural article (las) in the plural.
    dibujante.

    Singular Plural English


    Singular and Plural Nouns in Spanish
    el guila las guilas the eagle(s)
    The plural of nouns that end in a vowel (-a, -e, -i, -o, -u)
    is usually formed by adding an -s. el alma las almas the soul(s)

    Examples: silla/sillas; padre/padres; taxi/taxis; el agua las aguas the water(s)


    mango/mangos el hacha las hachas the axe(s)
    Nouns that end in a consonant usually form the plural
    by adding -es.
    PREPOSITIONS
    Quen Who

    Spanish English Que What

    A to, at Quando When

    Ante before, in the presence of Donde Where

    Bajo under Por que Why

    Con with Como How

    Contra against

    De of, from

    Desde from, since

    detrs (de) behind

    en in, on, at

    entre between, among

    hacia until, toward

    hasta until, toward

    para for, in order to

    por for, by

    segn according to

    sin without

    sobre about, on, upon, above, over, around

    tras after, behind

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