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* ''Masculine'' if noun ends in '''-o''' or a '''consonant''' | * ''Masculine'' if noun ends in '''-o''' or a '''consonant''' | ||
** Nouns ending in the morhpemes '''-ción''' and '''-dad''' are ''feminine'' | ** Nouns ending in the morhpemes '''-ción''' and '''-dad''' are ''feminine'' | ||
| + | ** '''mano''' is feminine | ||
* ''Feminine'' if noun ends in '''-a''' | * ''Feminine'' if noun ends in '''-a''' | ||
| − | ** Nouns ending in '''-pa''', '''-ta''', '''-ma''' are ''masculine'' | + | ** Nouns (from Greek?) ending in '''-pa''', '''-ta''', '''-ma''' are ''masculine'' |
*** '''rima''' is feminine | *** '''rima''' is feminine | ||
| − | See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ | + | See [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_nouns#Determining_gender_from_endings Wikipedia's discussion of this]. |
There are some interesting discrepencies in the gender of nouns across Romance languages. A collection of those is being kept track of on the [[Faux Genders]] page | There are some interesting discrepencies in the gender of nouns across Romance languages. A collection of those is being kept track of on the [[Faux Genders]] page | ||
Revision as of 01:48, 9 August 2005
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
- mano is feminine
- Feminine if noun ends in -a
- Nouns (from Greek?) ending in -pa, -ta, -ma are masculine
- rima is feminine
- Nouns (from Greek?) ending in -pa, -ta, -ma are masculine
See Wikipedia's discussion of this.
There are some interesting discrepencies in the gender of nouns across Romance languages. A collection of those is being kept track of on the Faux Genders page
