what are the endings for spanish nouns and adjetives masculine and feminine form?

Question

I take latin and I know the endings (for latin) and there's a chart I had to memorize, is there one for spanish?

-thanks

¡Bienvenida al foro! Welcome to the forum! - 0074b507, Jan 29, 2012

Answer 1

Good question --- I just finished lesson 2.11 where Paralee covered this. In addition to the obvious -a and -o endings:

Nouns ending in -d, -z, and -ión are usually feminine (la felicidad, la nariz, and la canción).

Nouns ending in -e, an accented vowel, or a consonant (other than the -d, -z, and -ión) are typically masculine.

And "el aqua"? Is agua m. or f.? Actually -- it is a feminine noun, with "la" changing to "el" in the singular, vs. "las aguas".

From an on-line source:

The feminine noun agua is like other feminine nouns starting with a stressed a sound in that it takes the definite article el (normally reserved for masculine nouns) in the singular when there is no intervening adjective. However, if an adjective intervenes between the article and the noun, the article reverts to la.

excelente:) - 00494d19, Jan 29, 2012

Answer 2

Mostly femenine nouns end with "a" and masculine ends with "o" or a consonant. But there are exceptions, like "el agua" (the water).

el agua is not an exception. It ends in "a" and is feminine. However, there are lots of exceptions to that rule. (the gender of the noun does not correspond to the definite article in this case for phonetic reasons)) - 0074b507, Jan 29, 2012