Lesson 2

Lesson 2

• 09 mayo 2016
• by: adminlearn
• in: Chapter 1 – The Gender
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General rules for femenine words: 

1. The majority of words that end with –a. Casa (house), puerta (door), cabeza (head), hija (daughter), ropa (clothes), palma (palm), tienda (store), pluma (feather), etc.
2. All words that end with -ción, -sión, -dad, -tud, -red. Canción (song), tensión (tensión), ciudad (city), actitud (attitude), pared (wall), etc.
3. Many words ending in –e and –umbre. Especie (species), fase (stage), base (base), peste (plague), planicie (plain), costumbre (habit), cumbre (top), incertidumbre (uncertainty), etc.
4. These exceptions Moto (motorbike), foto (photo), mano (hand).
5. Words that relate to science, arts and writing: Medicina (medicine), gramática (grammar), Escultura (sculpture), etc.