Between el and la

Question

When your saying something like toilet. How do you know when to use el or la

Answer 1

Hi sisters!

Spanish is somehow filled with a wide variety of rules, there is no way out except memorizing!
read me carefully! Nouns that end in -o are usually masculine. Nouns that end in -a are usually feminine. Notice the word usually!. It would be hard to predict the gender of a noun! When you learn a new noun, you should also learn its definite article ( el and la). There are several reasons for this: •Because you can't predict the gender of most nouns. •Because not every noun that ends in -o is masculine, and not every noun that ends in -a is feminine. •Because many nouns end in letters other than o or a. •Because the definite article (el, la) is your clue as to whether a noun is masculine or feminine.

I hope I could have helped!

tnx

Alireza

Thanks so much!!!!!!!! - 001b72cc, Apr 13, 2013

Very good answer! (Please change "cant" to "can't" and "i" to "I") - Jubilado, Apr 14, 2013

My pleasure! Jubilado thanks a million that you read our posts, answers and comments carefully and correct them. thanks for ur precious time and attention! - caballer0, Apr 14, 2013

Answer 2

You must learn the definite article el or la when you learn each noun:

The usual word for toilet is el baño. Learn it as such and use el or un as needed.

Answer 3

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