Spanish

Nouns refer to things and ideas.
	In Spanish, nouns have gender.
	Nouns are either masculine or feminine.
	The gender of the noun determines what articles we use in front of the noun.



	Spanish has both definite and indefinite articles.
	Definite articles refer to specific things.
	Indefinite articles refer to unspecified things.


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	<thead>
		<tr>
			<th>Articles</th>
			<th>Masculine</th>
			<th>Feminine</th>
		</tr>
	</thead>
	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>Definite</td>
			<td>el</td>
			<td>la</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>Indefinite</td>
			<td>un</td>
			<td>una</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>


	There is no rule to determine whether a noun is masculine or feminine.
	However, most nouns that end in -o are masculine and most nouns that end in -a are feminine.
	Be aware that there are exceptions to this rule, which you will need to memorize when you encounter them.


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	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td>el/un momento the/a moment</td>
			<td>el/un mundo the/a world</td>
			<td>la/una cosa the/a thing</td>
			<td>la/una pregunta the/a question</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>

Articles, nouns and gender

noun

adjective

determiner

verb

adverb

preposition

interjection

conjunction

pronoun

sentence

phrase

unknown

exclamatory

invariant noun

Word	el mundo
Meaning	the world
Part of speech	noun
Pronunciation
Course	Spanish
Lesson	Articles, nouns and gender

el mundo

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Usages of el mundo

a world	un mundo
They are serving the most delicious pizzas in the world.	Sirven las pizzas más ricas en el mundo.