Spanish
Lesson 6: Declinable nouns
Many nouns that refer to humans and other animals have both a masculine and a feminine form. In this way, we can make a distinction between male cats and female cats, and between a boy and a girl.
the cat | el gato |
the cat | la gata |
the boy | el chico |
the girl | la chica |
The nouns above are called declinable nouns, which means that they change their ending according to their gender. When we do not know the gender of a living being, we use the masculine form of the noun.
While practicing the lessons, you will sometimes see the symbol , which is the symbol for female. For example the cat refers to a female cat, and should be translated with gata and not with gato.