language question?

Question

what does masculine and feminine mean in spanish. What does it involve.

Answer 1

I'm not exactly sure what you're asking but I'll try to answer....

In the Spanish language everything has a gender...
chair = la silla (feminine)
table = la mesa (feminine)
book = el libro (masculine)
shoe = el zapato (masculine)

So, when describing any item with adjectives, adverbs or modifying nouns they must have "agreement" meaning the modifiers (adj, adv, noun) must agree in gender and number.

Therefore when saying, "the red chair", red must end in "A" or be "feminine" to agree with "chair" which is feminine.
La silla roja.

Also, when a man or woman is speaking, those same modifiers must agree with the gender of the speaker. For example if a woman says, "I'm delighted to meet you" In Spanish "delighted" must end in "A" to agree with the feminine gender of the speaker.
Estoy encantada de conocerte"

I hope that answers your question.

Answer 2

English words are generally neuter - they are not associated with gender. However, Spanish and most other langauges are.

A masculine word is one that usually ends in the the letters R, E, L, O, or J. (This is not always, but often.)

Feminine words usually end in A, N, or D.

I'm not sure how to answer the second part of your question. It mainly involves making sure that if your noun is masculine, such as Hombre, the adjectives or pronouns that go with it are also masculine. Such as "Hombre talentoso." A feminine word, like Chica, would need a feminine adjective to accompany it - "Chica simpatica."


Hope that helps.

Answer 3

Besides what the others have explained, there are also many Spanish words that end in "o" and are feminine, for instance, "la mano" (the hand), or masculine but end in "a", like the following ones: "el sistema, el poema, el tema, el problema" (the system, the poem, the theme, the problem). There are also feminine Spanish words that end in "e" (la gente, the people) or in consonants (la nariz, the nose).

Answer 4

masculine in spanish defines boy gender while feminine is girl gender. Masculine ends in o while feminine ends in a. But not all words end in o or a so you leave them.


Masculine
o
fat=gordo
black=*****
new=nuevo
book=libro
Feninine
a
fat=gorda
black=negra
new=nueva
book=libra
but you only change them if they end in o or a.
If you have plural words and neither belong in either catergory then u just add es. if it does end with o or a then just add an s.
for instance you have amable which means kind
the subject is plural so you put es to amable
El profesors(plural subject) son amabl(es).
The professors are nice.

Answer 5

masculine is what a man or boy would use like trabajador and femenine word would end in an a like trabajadora.

Femenine- artistica
Masculine- artistico
I hope this helps i`ve been working on ths in my spanish class.