In Spanish, every noun has a gender. This means it's either masculine or feminine. Let’s break it down in simple terms!

Gender Rules

1. Masculine nouns usually end with:

   • -o (like niño, which means boy)
   • -ma (like programa, which means program)

2. Feminine nouns usually end with:

   • -a (like niña, which means girl)
   • -ción (like nación, which means nation)

Plural Forms

• For masculine nouns, you add an -s.

  • For example, niños means boys.

• For feminine nouns, you also add an -s.

  • For example, niñas means girls.

Questions and Negations

• To ask if a noun is masculine or feminine, you can say:
  • ¿Es masculino o femenino? (Is it masculine or feminine?)
• If you want to say it’s not one gender, you can say:
  • No es masculino. (It's not masculine.)
  • No es femenina. (It's not feminine.)

Listening and Reading

You can practice by listening to conversations and finding the masculine and feminine nouns. Here are some sentences to help you:

• El perro es negro. (The dog is black - masculine)

• La casa es grande. (The house is big - feminine)

With these tips, you’ll understand masculine and feminine nouns in Spanish better!