Verification of gender status

Question

In the Ist lesson señora described that word ending with O is MAS and with A is Feminine. But I have already came accros 2 words ending with A yet article used as EL not LA. Is it exection or printing error. Example El agua and El sofá.

Answer 1

Have a look at this earlier thread

Click on the link above.

Answer 2

The rule that words which end in an "o" are masculine and words that end in an "a" are feminine sometimes has its exceptions, such as in the case of El sofá, and many other words. It just takes memorization to learn these special cases. However, in the case of El agua, the word "agua" is actually feminine. The reason why el is used is that "la agua" when pronounced would sound like "lagua," which could cause some confusion.

Answer 3

Those are correct. There are a few exceptions to that rule.