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Un pregunta o una pregunta???
This word is masculine or not???
Like idioma should be un idioma~~Muchas gracias~~I know some nouns they will have different meanings for its masculine and feminine
form...like el capital y la capital...but they're same in Eng...I mean capital in Eng also has 2 meaning...Entonces~~out of my curiosity...la mar y el mar.they are same or nor???
Feb 27, 2009 7:40 AM
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una pregunta y un idioma= una lengua. -a is the marker for feminine in spanish, so most of the time sustantives ending in -a are femenine. exceptions are few. also some nouns allow for both genres: el mar/la mar.
-o is usually a marker for masculine but be careful: you'll find in spoken "la moto" that is short for "la motocicleta". Also words ending in consonant tend to be masculine. el tren, el ordenador, el avión. -e is ambiguous: el coche, la noche. problem is that gramatical genre has no logic: you can't look at a thing and ascertain if it is masculine or feminine, just must learn.
February 27, 2009
un idioma, una pregunta
February 27, 2009
"idioma"= masculine
"pregunta" = feminine
this is a good source if you can open it: http://www.spanishdict.com
February 27, 2009
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