What determines masculinity or feminity in Spanish? Category:
Masculine / Feminine
What determines masculinity or feminity in Spanish? Is it applied to all nouns or verbs or adjectives or what? I realize that most words, but not all, feminine/masculine words end in a/o and those that don't follow normalcy have to be memorized, but I am confused as to what it is that makes it normally feminine or masculine. Question asked on November 13,
2007 at 6:17 AM
Why Do I say 'el alma' if 'alma' is a feminine word?Grammar Genius, Why do some words like ´agua´ and ´alma´ become masculine in their singular form? How do I know which words follow this rule? Question asked on August 16,
2007 at 09:05 AM
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