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Objetivos<\/h3>\r\nIdentify the gender of nouns\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n
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\u00a1Ojo! (Watch out!) El g\u00e9nero de los sustantivos es importante!<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n
\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1701\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"151\"]\"the el Papa[\/caption]<\/td>\r\n\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_1702\" align=\"alignnone\" width=\"151\"]\"the la papa[\/caption]<\/td>\r\n<\/tr>\r\n<\/tbody>\r\n<\/table>\r\n

G\u00e9nero de los sustantivos (Gender of Nouns)<\/h3>\r\nAll nouns in Spanish have a gender: masculine or feminine. Except in the case of people or animals, linguistic gender is a convention of language, not a property of the noun. For this reason, you won't be able to guess the gender of a noun based on the object itself; you need to learn the gender along with the noun. However, there are some rules that can help determine the gender of an unknown word:\r\n\r\n1.\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0gender\u00a0of\u00a0nouns:<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>\r\n