Using the right tense

Question

I need to understand the tense in spanish.I have figuered figured out the "a " is for female and "o" is for male but how do youo place this type of different with noun?

I'm a little confused on what you're asking. Can you clarify a little more? - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 10, 2011

I´m with SonrisaDelSo - tc84, Jun 10, 2011

( o ) is normally for a masculne noun and ( a ) for a feminine noun - but there are exceptions. - ian-hill, Jun 10, 2011

I will need to resend this when I am in front of my computer. the ending of certain word changes and I need to understand "the rule" since I am not at home in front of my computer whaere I study after work I am unable to pull the many example that I run , - Healthyliving, Jun 10, 2011

into when I am at home studying. I need to be able to logic a new study as much as possible in order to hold the knowledge. I am not good at memorizing. I need some logic - Healthyliving, Jun 10, 2011

Answer 1

Ok, I think I might understand what you're getting at.

The ends of certain words change...I think you're referring to adjectives needing to agree in gender/number.

I answered a similar post using this example

Let's take the sentence: El hombre es alto. The man is tall.

We can't say "el hombre es ALTA" because the man is, well, a man, and alta is a feminine adjective.

Let's look at: Las galletas son deliciosas. The cookies are delicious. We can't say "las galletas son deliciosa" because galletas is plural. We also cannot say "las galletas son deliciosos" because even though "deliciosos" is plural, it's masculine. Since galletas in plural/feminine, we need a plural/feminine adjective.

Yeah. Yeah. But what kind of cookies are they? I like chocolate chips. - 0074b507, Jun 10, 2011

Well, then, they're chocolate chip cookies! - SonrisaDelSol, Jun 10, 2011

Answer 2

I think that you mean to say that you understand noun gender (género). Tense has to do with verbs and time. It has nothing to do with determining whether a noun is feminine or masculine (not female and male).

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