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In Spanish, nouns (sustantivos) are either masculine (m.) or feminine (f.). Each gender has its own article.
| el día m. | the day | |
| la revista f. | the magazine | |
| los hombres m. plural | the men | |
| las mujeres f. plural | the women |
Nouns that end in o are almost always masculine. Nouns that end in a are almost always feminine.
| un edificio m. | a building | |
| una casa f. | a house | |
| unos perros m. plural | some dogs | |
| unas gatas f. plural | some female cats |
To form the plural of a noun, add an s to the end if it ends in a vowel...
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the day → the days |
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the friend → the friends |
and an es to the end if it ends in a consonant...
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the canal → the canals |
If the noun ends in -ion, the accent is dropped for the plural form.
the nation→ the nation |
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