appositive

appositive(
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zuh
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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. la aposición
(f) means that a noun is feminine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(F)
There are specific comma rules for appositives.Hay normas específicas del uso de la coma para las aposiciones.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. apositivo
See how these sentences sound much more informative with the appositive phrase?¿Ves cómo estos enunciados suenan mucho más informativos con la frase apositiva?
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