Fem and Mas words
I'm confused on when to use feminine words versus the masculine words.
I'm a female and I have a male cat. How would I say this? Would I use the masculine form of saying this?
Please translate this: James is my male cat.
Would I say, since I'm female: James es el mío gato.
Normally a female would say (la mía) and since he is a male...now I'm confused. Please help.
3 Answers
If the cat is female you say 'la gata'.
If he is male you say 'el gato'.
Then for possession you match the mío/mía, míos/mías (gender & number) to the thing possessed. What you are, as the owner doesn't make any difference at all, you can be male or female.
Este gato es mío. This (male) cat is mine.
Estos gatos son míos. These cats (male or a mixture of male and female) are mine.
James es mi gato. James is my cat.
Esta gata es mía. This (female) cat is mine.
Jemima es mi gata Jemima is my cat.
I agree with both the previous responses. Just remember, possessives don't agree with who possesses it , rather they agree with what is possessed. While there is a lot of agreement in Spanish, you have to remember what the agreement is between.
I would say: James es mi gato. James is my cat.
Most feminine words in English end in "a" in Spanish.
Most masculine words in English end in "o" in Spanish.
In your sentence, the gender of "cat" is in "gato" so we know it's a male. Now if you had a female cat, it's proper name would probably be female and "cat" is "gata" in Spanish.
I took that information from our SD dictionary. And you can find it here.
If you click here and scroll down to Gender, there are 2 links that might help you. I hope so anyway!
