Transcript spanish noun gender

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 A noun is a person, place, thing or idea.
 In Spanish a noun is the same as it is in English, but
there is a difference in how they are categorized.
 In Spanish, nouns fall into two categories: feminine
and masculine (male and female).
 In this lesson we will use rooms and things in a school
to explain this concept.
Previously we learned that nouns in Spanish
are either feminine or masculine. We see this in their
endings:
-o is masculine
-a is feminine
Example:
Libro (book) – ends in –o, so it is
masculine.
Silla (chair) – ends in –a, so it is
feminine.
Watch the video below. Then, let’s begin
our walk through the school….
Here we are in the cafeteria. Click the stars to see if the
words are masculine or feminine.
Window
–ventana
feminine
ventana
Trash –
Basura
feminine
basura
Table –
Mesa
feminine
Floor –
Piso
masculine
Plate –
plato
masculine
mesa
plato
piso
Notice:
Piso – ends in -o, so it is masculine.
Mesa – ends in -a, so it is feminine.
Go back and look again to see what nouns
are…
Click the star for the nouns that are masculine.
No,
ventana is
feminine.
No,
basura is
feminine.
ventana
basura
No, mesa
is
feminine.
Yes! Piso
is
masculine
.
mesa
piso
Yes! Plato
is
masculine
plato
Click the star for the nouns that are feminine.
Yes!
Ventana
is
feminine.
Yes!
Basura is
feminine.
ventana
Yes! Mesa
is
feminine.
No, piso is
masculine.
mesa
piso
basura
No, plato is
masculine.
plato
In the cafeteria we saw the different endings
on Spanish nouns.
Remember the rule: feminine nouns end in –
a, masculine nouns end in –o.
Now, let’s go to the office.
Next we have the office. Click the stars to see if the nouns
are masculine or feminine.
Teléfonotelephone
masculine
Grapadora
-stapler
feminine
grapadora
Copiadoracopier
feminine
copiadora
telefono
planta
Plantaplant
feminine
Notice the words that end in –o are
masculine while the words that end in –a
are feminine.
Libro, Piso, Plato – all are masculine. (See
the –o ending?)
Planta, Copiadora, Grapadora – all are
feminine. (See the –a ending?)
Click on the stars for the words that are masculine.
Yes!
Teléfono is
masculine.
No,
grapadora
is
feminine.
grapadora
No.
Copiadora
is feminine.
copiadora
telefono
planta
No,
planta is
feminine.
Click on the stars for the words that are feminine.
Yes!
Grapadora
is feminine.
Yes!
Copiadora is
feminine.
copiadora
No.
Teléfono is
masculine.
grapadora
telefono
Yes! Planta
is feminine.
planta
Now let’s go to the library and do the same
thing. Don’t forget your rules!
Here in the library, look at the words, and click on those
that are masculine.
Yes! Globo
is
masculine.
Yes! Libro
is
masculine.
libro
No.
Estantería
is
feminine.
globo
impresora
No.
Impresora is
feminine.
Now click on those that are feminine.
No. Globo
is
masculine.
No. Libro is
masculine.
libro
Yes!
Estantería
is feminine.
globo
impresora
Yes!
Impresora
is feminine.
Before we go on, stop and take this quiz to see
how much you have learned.
Take the quiz.
I’m not ready. Go back to
the beginning.
Now let’s explore further in the classroom. Click on the
stars to find out the gender of each noun.
Proyector
Ecuacion
is
feminine.
Ecuación
Ordenador
is
masculine.
Proyector
is
masculine.
Pupitre is
masculine.
Pupitre
Notice how these end in either –e, a consonant, or –ción..
There isn’t always a pattern to them. Click again to see…
Proyector
Ecuacion
is
feminine.
Ecuación
Ordenador
is
masculine.
Proyector
is
masculine.
Pupitre is
masculine.
Pupitre
These that don’t end in –o or –a, you must
memorize. Did you memorize them?
Projector – proyector, masculine
Pupitre – desk, masculine
Ordenador – computer, masculine
Ecuación – equation, feminine
Click on the nouns that are masculine.
Proyector
No.
Ecuación
is
feminine.
Ecuación
Yes!
Ordenador
is
masculine.
Pupitre
Yes!
Proyector
is
masculine.
Yes!
Pupitre is
masculine.
Click on the nouns that are feminine.
Proyector
Yes!
Ecuación
is
feminine.
Ecuación
No.
Ordenador
is
masculine.
Pupitre
No.
Proyector
is
masculine.
No.
Pupitre is
masculine.
Let’s see how much you learned.
Take the quiz.
I’m not ready, I need to go
back to the beginning.
Let’s review:
Feminine nouns end in an –a.
Masculine nouns end in an –o.
Some nouns end in an –e, a consonant, or
other endings like –ción.
Clase – feminine
ecuación – feminine
ordenador - masculine
Remember, nouns NOT ending in –o or
-a usually have to be memorized.
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