Gato o gata?

Question

¡Hola! I need a help.. I found sentence -- Su gata de usted es blanca. -- GATA? In my dictionary it's GATO.. So I tried use Google dictionary and when I assign gata it was also cat.. Tan estoy confundido.. Please, tell me the true about this cat word.. Gracias

Answer 1

Hola Tom, The sentence is strangely constructed. It should be either: Su gato es blanco or El gato de Ud. es blanco. In both it would mean " Your cat is white.

The cat can be described as being either male, gato, or female, gata.

ps you need to use the adverb after the verb: Yo estoy "tan" confundido. - NancyGrace, Apr 27, 2011

Answer 2

Well Tomiik, first, Welcome to the Forum. Second, this is the gender sensitive nouns in Spanish (I don't remember the technical term). Anyways, gato would be a male cat and gata is a female cat.

I found a link to read about it in our reference area, just click here.