Do exclamations change with gender?

Question

In Spanish, saying the Exclamation "Welcome, sir" is "Bienvenido, señor", but, saying "welcome, madam" is "Bienvenida, señora"

However, when using other exclamations such as "Hello", it remains "Hola" regardless of the gender of the person being spoken to.

Are there any rules regarding Exclamations and gender in spanish? Or are they just different each time.

Gracias!

Answer 1

This has nothing to do with being an exclamation.

It has to do with being an adjective.

Adjectives match gender

Verbs, adverbs and general interjections don't

You got an answer yesterday for nouns- some nouns have masculine and feminine forms, most do not (particularly if inanimate).

Bienvenido is short for "eres bienvenido" or "es bienvenido" in which bienvenido is an adjective. In plural it could be "son"or "sois"(in Spain).

So bienvenido can also be bienvenida, bienvenidos or bienvenidas depending on the group.

The derivation bienvenido is clearly the combination of bien= well and venido the past particple of venir- to come.

Past participles are commonly used as adjecives in Spanish (however there are cases when not- considered to beirregular)

Hola is a general interjection, not an adjective. So it doesn't match gender.

So the only parts to change in an exclamation are the adjectives, and any nouns that have masculine and feminine forms.

Thanks for clearing that up! - Vaderluke, Feb 22, 2017