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refer to people, places, things or concepts. All nouns in Spanish have a gneder: They are either masculine or feminine. Nouns that end in -o are generally masculine and are used with "el". Nouns that end in -a, -ción, sión, or -dad are generally feminine and are used with "la". examples: el chico, la chica, la puerta, el bolígrafo Some nouns do not follow these patterns, examples: el día, el mapa, la noche Also, some nouns that refer to people have only one form and the gender of the person being referred to is indicated by the definite article. examples: el estudiante, la estudiante Most nouns in Spanish that end in a vowel can be made plural by simply adding an "s" to the end and also changing the articles at the same time. "El" becomes "los" in the plural form and "la" becomes "las" in the plural form. examples: la puerta = las puertas el asiento = los asientos el día = los días la venrana = las ventanas However, with nouns that end in a consonant it is necessary to add an "es" . examples: el marcador = los marcadores el papel = los papeles Nouns that end in -z change to -c in the plural form example: el
lápiz = los lápices
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