feminine pronunciations

Question

I noticed some words are pronounced feminine but I don't see the masculine translation to pronounce, therefore are some words pronounced regularly feminine with no masculine pronunciation? For example, "la vita", it's feminine , is there a masculine way to pronounce? Another would be "La Casa", it's feminine in pronunciation, how would a male pronounce it if he said my house?

Answer 1

They are both the same. Genders are a grammatical concept, and this doesn't change depending on the speaker for most word classes.

You might be thinking of adjectives, which agree with the gender of the word before. For example, if you're saying my old dad, it would be "Mí padre viejo", but if you were saying my old mother, the word mother is feminine (la madre), so it would be "Mí madre vieja". These also change for the speaker. If you're saying you're tired, and you're a male, you'd be saying "Estoy cansado", but if you're a female, you'd be saying "Estoy cansada", because you're feminine.

The pronunciation doesn't change. Other than the regular rules and raising pronunciation etc. it is the same for anybody speaking the language

Answer 2

Its the same. A lot of words in spanish only have a gender. Its imposible to change it. La casa is femenine and life too. You cant change it. Just check into a dictionary the gender of the word, and you can realize what gender is the word and if it has two, masculine and femenine. Hay muchas palabras en español que no tienen doble genero, solo son masculinas o femeninas. Saludos desde Madrid.

Answer 3

Hi Adam

You mention words as a general expression when what I believe you are discussing are nouns. I believe nouns are either one gender or the other, if not, then the majority are. What changes are the adjectives which describe the nouns,

Un chico pequeño (masculine adjective because chico is masculine)

Una chica pequeña (feminine adjective because chica is feminine)

There are exceptions where some nouns are invariant and these need to have the necessary articles applied for clarification, eg

Policía - Policeman or policewoman, so un policía or una policía

Answer 4

how do you say "legendary" in spanish feminine translation?

Answer 5

how do you sau "legendary' in spanish feminine translation?

Answer 6

How does one do a feminine pronunciation?

In a higher voice, sometimes shouting, hehe. - Eddy, Apr 19, 2011

Jeje, I was thinking, flirty and seductive.:) - Deanski, Apr 20, 2011