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Nombres objetivo – revise nouns, gender and plurals

Nombres objetivo – revise nouns, gender and plurals. Gender of nouns. Is sometimes ‘biological’ La hija La gallina El gallo. Many common nouns are exceptions to the –a=fem / -o = masculine rule. El día La moto El problema La modelo El planeta La mano. Masculine nouns.

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Nombres objetivo – revise nouns, gender and plurals

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  1. Nombresobjetivo – revise nouns, gender and plurals

  2. Gender of nouns • Is sometimes ‘biological’ • La hija • La gallina • El gallo

  3. Many common nouns are exceptions to the –a=fem / -o = masculine rule • El día • La moto • El problema • La modelo • El planeta • La mano

  4. Masculine nouns • Verbs ending in -aje -or and stressed vowels • El garaje • El calor • Rivers, seas, lakes, mountains, fruit trees • El Mediterráneo el Titicaca el naranjo

  5. Cars, colours, days of the week and compass points • Un Renault nuevo • El lunes • El azul • El sur

  6. Feminine nouns • Nouns that end in • -ión • - dad • - tad • - triz • - tud • - umbre • - nza • - cia • - ie

  7. Letters of the alphabet • Islands • Roads • La ene • Las Islas Galápagos • La M45

  8. Many nouns ending in –ma are masculine • El clima • El problema • El programa • El sistema • El pijama • El tema But there are exceptions La cama La forma

  9. Plurals • Add an ‘s’ if the word ends in a vowel or a stressed ‘e’ • Add an ‘es’ if it ends in a consonant

  10. Exceptions • Nouns ending in unstressed vowels and ‘s’ do not change in plural • Including days of the week • La crises/las crises • El lunes/los lunes

  11. Nouns ending in ‘z’ • Change to ‘ces’ in the plural • Un lápiz • Dos lapices

  12. Nouns with an accent on the last syllable • Lose the accent in the plural • La opinión – lasopiniones

  13. Words ending in ‘en’ with stress on penultimate syllable • Add an accent in the plural to keep the stress • La imagen • Las imágenes

  14. Many words are masculine but encorporate both genders • Los padres • Los hijos • Los reyes • Los hermanos • Los amigos

  15. Proper names do not pluralise • Eg. Los Simpson • Los ONG

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