Thursday, August 22, 2013

Tips for learn spanish

 Simple rules for "The gender thing" and singular plural.

SIVAN BEGINNERS.
Un , una , Unos, unas. For use it you need to know if it's feminine or masculine and its plural or singular. How pluralize nouns in spanish?

TIP 1.
Los estudiantes  (plural - masculine) The students. When you have a mixed company (w and m), you use the male plural  article. Son unos estudiantes can means men or woman. So you will follow the same patern with unos.
Ex. Los niños estan en el parque. (The boy ... * can be boys or girls, or both*)

TIP2 .
If a noun ends in a vowel ass -s
Ex. La chicas - Las chicas

TIP3.
If the noun ends with consonant add -es
La mujer
Las mujeres

TIP4.
If a word ends in Z, Change Z to C and then add -es.
La luz
Las luces

TIP 5.
When the noun ends in -o, -e it´s usually male

TIP 6.
When the noun ends in -a or consonant  it´s usually female

TIP7.
The word for a particular profession is in masculine. You will form feminine adding an -a to the word.
El doctor
La doctora.
El Profesor
La profesora.

What happens if are one woman and two teachers ?
Los profesores.




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