About masculine and feminine nouns
How can we determine exactly about the 'masculine and feminine' of the nouns. In the video, the end with A is feminine so we use 'La', and the O one we use 'El' because its masculine But why in the noun AGUA (water), its use 'El' not 'La'?
3 Answers
There are many exceptions to the "o" is masculine and "a" is feminine "rule."
Some exceptions:
El agua
La mano
El mapa
El problema
Take a look here at Words that Break the Gender Rule.
In general the gender of the article (el or la) agrees with the gender (masculino o feminino) of the noun. Most often, the last letter of the noun will tell you the gender of the noun. But there are exceptions -- aren't there always! Sometimes the article is changed as an aide to pronunciation -- el agua is easier to say than la agua. And sometimes the ending does not match the gender of the word -- for example, la mano and el mapa. These are exceptions, you just have to learn them 
Honestly, my teacher told me some words break the rules.
Technically, if a noun ends with the letter a, then the article is usually la. And if the noun ends with any other letter except for a, then the article is usually el.
Some words that break the rules are:
la leche
el busca
el problema
There isn't exactly any rule, you just have to memorize those words unfortunately! :(
Cindy
