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** Nouns ending in the morhpemes '''-ción''' and '''-dad''' are ''feminine'' | ** Nouns ending in the morhpemes '''-ción''' and '''-dad''' are ''feminine'' | ||
* ''Feminine'' if noun ends in '''-a''' | * ''Feminine'' if noun ends in '''-a''' | ||
** Nouns ending in '''-pa''' '''-ta''' | ** Nouns ending in '''-pa''', '''-ta''', '''-ma''' are ''masculine'' | ||
Revision as of 21:59, 30 September 2004
This is a short list of rules for determining noun gender in Spanish. It will work 99% of the time.
- Masculine if noun ends in -o or a consonant
- Nouns ending in the morhpemes -ción and -dad are feminine
- Feminine if noun ends in -a
- Nouns ending in -pa, -ta, -ma are masculine
