Difference between revisions of "Gender of nouns in Spanish"

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** Nouns ending in '''-pa''', '''-ta''', '''-ma''' are ''masculine''
 
** Nouns ending in '''-pa''', '''-ta''', '''-ma''' are ''masculine''
 
*** '''rima''' is feminine
 
*** '''rima''' is feminine
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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 16:14, 16 December 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
      • rima is feminine


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