1. Masculino y Femenino
Nouns

2. Nouns – Sustantivos Points to remember
All nouns in Spanish are masculine or feminine. No exceptions.
For people and animals there is often a feminine form of the masculine word.
The gender of objects in Spanish is determined by the ending of the word.
Articles and adjectives must have the same gender as the nouns they modify.

3. All nouns in Spanish are masculine or feminine. No exceptions
All nouns in Spanish are masculine or feminine. No exceptions. Some CAN be both when referring to people.
Masculino
Femenino
Maestro
Maestra
libro
pluma
Carro
Silla
Pupitre
pared

4. For people and animals there is often (but not always) a feminine form of the masculine word
Masculino
Femenino
Maestro
Maestra
gato
gata
doctor
doctora
Estudiante
estudiante

5. The gender of objects in Spanish is determined by the ending of the word
The gender of an object has nothing to do with the object itself or even who the object belongs to.
Por ejemplo:
el libro de Jesús
el libro de María
The libro (book) is masculine. The word LIBRA in Spanish means “pound”

6. What are the endings for masculine nouns?
-o -or
-al -e ***
-z -ón

7. What are the endings for feminine nouns?
-a -dad
-tad -tud
--ción -sión
Ojo: words that end in –ista can be both masculine and feminine.
Some words are exceptions to the rules like día and mano.

8. Masculino o femenino?
Working with a partner, draw a chart like the one to the right on one of the desks with dry erase markers only.
Divide the words on the next slide into groups of masculine and feminine.
Masculino
femenino

9. texto pupitre tarjeta puerta ratón limón pelota pulpo ciudad pizza
monitor
tarjeta
puerta
ratón
lámpara
limón
pelota
pulpo
ciudad
pizza
artista
crema
piso
bandera
mujer
comida
portón
autor
pluma
jugador
alfombra
papel
actitud
lápiz
borrador
refresco
pintora
canción