el agua?
It should be la agua because the word agua has 'a' in the end.its feminine.but it is el agua.
Please clarify my doubt.
6 Answers
Sally said:
This is one of those exceptions to the rule. It is el agua.
It is not an exception, but a rule: if a feminine word begins with the sound of a stressed "a" (the initial "h" does not matter), the definite article changes from "la" to "lo".
The exceptions actually take place when you still use "la" despite of the initial stressed "a".
"Agua" is still a feminine word, and it has to agree with adjectives in feminine:
El agua clara
Similar words:
El águila roja
El hacha oxidada
El hambre tremenda
El alma perdida
El aula vacía
Gracias por las contestaciones.
it is a phonetic exception. It is too difficult to distingusih the sounds if it were l
there are alot of different ways
Well, you can say it in many ways, however, agua is same in boy and girl terms. Water is not boy or girl so its called agua. like in some spanish words, like dia. its the same no matter what gender says it. You dont say dio for boys.cómo es su día? you cant say como es su dio.
Anoo,
This is one of those exceptions to the rule. It is el agua.
