Nouns have gender. In Spanish all nouns, including those that signify an object, are either masculine or feminine. So, for instance, mesa (table) is a feminine noun, and libro (book) is a masculine noun. It is important to know whether a noun is masculine or feminine as other words in a sentence have to agree with it in gender. best learn to speak Spanish Compare: el niño alto (a tall boy) and la niña alta (the tall girl). The article (el or la, “the”) and the adjective alto or alta (“tall”) that accompany the noun (niño, boy, or niña, girl) have to agree in gender and number with the noun itself.

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