Spanish help?

Question

'La' and 'el' both refers to 'the'
so when exactly do i use them ?
thanks

Answer 1

Every Spanish noun is either masculine (m.) or feminine (f.)
Sometimes they're gender neutral, too.

For instance, if you wanted to say "the book" in Spanish,
it would be "el libro"

The reason is because the noun "libro" is masculine.

Another example, if you wanted to say "the woman" it would be "la mujer" in Spanish. The reason is because the word "mujer" is feminine.

The only way you're going to know whether the word is masculine and/or feminine is by learning it.

Here's a general rule but it's not always true.
If the noun ends with an "-o" often times it's gonna be masculine.
If the noun ends with an "-a" often times it's gonna be feminine.

However, this isn't always true.
You have to learn them.

Get a good Spanish dictionary.

My best wishes in learning Spanish.
¡Buena suerte!

Answer 2

la is feminine, el is masculine.

You use la with feminine words:

la cerveza

And you use el with masculline words:

el camion

Every word in Spanish has a gender, either masculine or feminine

Answer 3

la = the (femenine)
el = the (masculine)

In principle to know that will help you a lot. It remains a little tricky though, because as usual there are exceptions to the rule.

Answer 4

yup like the dude above me above him said (a) usually femenim and (o) usually masculin, but not always the case like lets say "the map" in spanish is "el mapa" and not "la mapa" even though it ends with an (a) you got to write it as it was a masculin word.

Answer 5

la before a feminine noun
el before a masculine noun

la mdre
el padre

Answer 6

good question that can be tricky to explain, i guess you just have to go with what sounds right, or how you see others refer to stuff, ive spoken spanish my whole life i just know, the guy above me is on it