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What is gender?

I'm a girl
                                                                              You're a girl.    Baby girl
   He is a boy.           Baby boy                                           They are boys....






Yeah, yeah, yeah....But we're not talking about the gender of people! 
                                                We're talking about the gender of nouns!



The idea that nouns have a gender is NATURAL when talking about a living creature!!


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As you will see on the "gramática" page; gender assignment for nouns in Spanish that represent things that are not living creatures can be a little more difficult.  That's okay, there are some rules to help you remember!  


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  Before you continue, you should know.....



What is a definite articleIn English, we have one and it is__the__.

In
Spanish, we have __4__ ways to say __the__, and they are:


                                1.  el        2.  la        3.  los        4.  las