Learning Spanish for Beginners Podcast, Session 23.

How to know if a word is masculine or feminine in Spanish.

Welcome to a new session of Learning Spanish for Beginners podcast.

In this session, we will learn to understand the gender of nouns in Spanish.

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Okay, let's get started.

How to know if a word is masculine or feminine in Spanish.

Let's start by answering the question.

What is a noun?

According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary, a noun is defined as a word that is the name of something, such as a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea, or action.

In Spanish, nouns are either masculine or feminine, and this mental shift is one of the most challenging aspects

for English speakers who are learning Spanish.

Although in English there is no need to think about whether a pencil is a masculine

or a feminine noun, it is essential in Spanish because the adjectives and articles of a sentence must match the gender and number of nouns.

Here are a few examples.

The table is expensive.

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