nouns
i have another interesting question that i have been wondering about that lesson 2.3 just reminded me of. i know that gato is a masculine noun, but is it always to be a masculine noun? for example, for kitten, el gatito? i call my girl cat gatita all the time, is that correct? i know that you can add ito/ita to a name, i have quite a few nicknames for her. i call her cassita also. but is gatita ok?
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Gato/a is a masculine and feminine noun. I also imagine that the other diminutives you are using are correct except casita only has one "s".
When you look up a word up in our dictionary it will usually tell you if both a masculine and feminine form of the word exists. Sometimes a separate definition is available (as in this instance-gata has it's own definition as a she-cat). More often, however, if you enter the feminine form of the word into the dictionary it will go to the masculine definition and just state that the feminine form of the word exists/(or doesn't exist by implication). If a word is invariant it usually says so.
Is your girlfriend's name Cassie, Cassandra, etc.?
I call my cat "gatito", among other things, so "gatita" is fine.
