Why is it el agua and not la agua?
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Agua ends in a and its feminine.So it should end in la but its el agua.Why?
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updated Feb 7, 2011
posted by ishangodbole
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Welcome to the forum.
Any feminine noun that begins with a stressed "a" sound uses the masculine articles in the singular:
El agua, Las aguas: El agua fría
or
El hacha, un hacha but Las hachas
El arma, Las armas
etc.
This is similiar to the fact that "a" turns to "an" in English before a vowel sound for improved ease of pronunciation.
You do not do this if the inital "a" sound is not stressed.
La alfombra, una alfombra
updated Feb 7, 2011
edited by Stadt
posted by Stadt
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hola todo amigos
updated Feb 7, 2011
posted by onelove
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If you simply search the Answers page for "agua" you'll get nothing but answers to your question!!! Amazing, huh?
updated Feb 7, 2011
posted by pesta
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Please search it from Answers page, because this has been asked like a million times.
Welcome to the forum!
updated Feb 7, 2011
posted by culé
