Adjectives that end in o in the masculine singular form have four possible endings, one each for masculine, feminine, singular, and plural. These types of adjectives make up the majority of adjectives in Spanish….o Adjective Endings.

In English, adjectives usually go before the nouns they describe. In Spanish, adjectives usually come after the nouns they describe. In the examples below, the Spanish adjectives come after the nouns they describe.

When you answer a question negatively in Spanish you usually se the word no twice. In Spanish, there are noly two different types of infinitives. The following words are all Spanish infinitives: bailar, leer, escribir, gusta.

The long and short if it is that ‘lo’ means ‘it’ for masculine nouns, and is also the word for ‘him’. ‘La’, on the other hand, means ‘it’ for feminine nouns and is also the word for her. ‘Le’ is called the indirect object pronoun, and we’ll talk more about that later.

• The definite article: el, la, los and las.
• The indefinite article: un, una, unos and unas.
• The article lo.

The definite areticles la, el, las, los all mean “the” in English.

El is the singular, masculine definite article, meaning “the,” in Spanish and is used to define masculine nouns, while la is the feminine version. But there are a few instances where el is used with feminine nouns.

There are four definite articles in Spanish: el, la, los, and las. Because English nouns don’t have gender, we can use just “the” before every word. However, every Spanish word has a gender, either masculine or feminine. If the word is singular and masculine, use el. If the word is singular and feminine, use la.

Updated May 29, 2019. An indefinite article, called an artículo indefinido in Spanish, makes a noun refer to a nonspecific item or items of its class. In English, there are only two indefinite articles, “a” and “an.” In Spanish, there are four indefinite articles, un, una, unos, and unas.

Cognates are words in Spanish and English that share the same Latin and/or Greek root, are very similar in spelling and have the same or similar meaning. Most often, cognates are words in two languages that have a common etymology and thus are similar or identical.

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The top 12 most common Spanish verbs you’ll want to learn are:

• Hacer = To do or make.
• Ir = To go.
• Venir = To come.
• Decir = To say or tell.
• Poder = To be able.
• Dar = To give.
• Ver = To see.
• Poder = To know.

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The masculine article el indicates that the gender of the word. Most nouns that terminate in a would be feminine but el problema is an exception. “El problema” is MASCULINE despite the “a” ending in that particular noun; that’s why you say “EL problema” and not “LA problema”.

El problema is masculine: Men cause problems. La solución is feminine: Women solve them!

Summary about the gender of nouns:

1. Nouns in Spanish are either masculine or feminine.
2. Most nouns that end in “o”, “e”, “an accented vowel” or “ma”; as well as those that end with consonants except “d”, “z” or “ión” are generally masculine nouns (Remember: “Olé man!

Leche is a feminine noun, therefore it needs the feminine article (la) not the masculine article (el).

Leche. Leche, alternatively “Letse”, is used as an expression of annoyance or anger. Leche or letse (Spanish for “milk”) is derived from the Spanish profanity “Me cago en la leche,” which literally translates to “I defecate in the milk” where leche is a euphemism for ley (“law”), referring to the Law of Moses.

La is for eminine, el for masculine, lo for neutral but with words la rythm with words ending in a, el with words ending in e, o. La manzana, el hombre, el sombrero. Of course, there are always exceptions, for example, el mar, la mar, el radio (the device), la radio (meaning the institution, entity.

Why is meat “la carne” and not “el carne”? Because it is a feminine noun. Remember when a noun starts with a vowel like a it uses el even if it is feminine like el agua but las aguas negras.

In a restaurant or butcher shop, carne means beef. In a more general sense, carne can also mean any meat or flesh. The human body is composed of flesh and blood or carne y huesos.

2 Answers. The article el is used before singular feminine nouns that begin with a stressed a or ha. In the case of hamburguesa, the stress is not on the first syllable, so the article la is used.

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The gender of glace is feminine. E.g. la glace.

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