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Masculine Nouns

Certain types of nouns are always masculine. Here are the rules:

Days of the week and names of months

Days of the week and names of months

  • In Spanish the days of the week and names of months are written with lower case letters.
    • El viernes.
      • Friday.
    • El julio.
      • July
Numbers

Numbers

  • El seis.
    • Six
  • El veinte.
    • 20
Colours

Colours

  • When colours are used as nouns they are always in the masculine form.
    • El amarillo está de moda.
      • Yellow is in fashion.
    • El naranaja es el color nacional neerlandés..
      • Orange is the national colour of the Netherlands
Rivers, seas and oceans

Rivers, seas and oceans

  • All rivers, seas and oceans are masculine.
    • El Ganges.
      • The Ganges.
    • El Pacífico.
      • The Pacific.
    • El Mar del Norte.
      • The North Sea.
The names of languages

The names of languages

  • You need to remember that in Spanish the names of languages are not written with a capital letter to start with.
    • El inglés.
      • English.
    • El francés.
      • French.
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Current & Future Study & Employment

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School & Subjects - Translations (Foundation)

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Education Post - 16

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Education Post - 16 - Translations (Foundation)

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Education Post - 16 - Translations (Higher)

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Identity & Culture

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Me, My Family & Friends

3.2

Me, Family & Friends - Translations (Foundation)

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Me, Family & Friends - Translations (Higher)

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Technology in Everyday Life

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Tech in Everyday Life - Translations (Foundation)

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Tech in Everyday Life - Translations (Higher)

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Free Time Activities

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Free Time Activities - Translations (Foundation)

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Free Time Activities - Translations (Higher)

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Customs & Festivals in Spanish Speaking Countries

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Customs & Festivals - Translations (Foundation)

3.12

Customs & Festivals - Translations (Higher)

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Home, Town, Neighbourhood & Region

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Home & Region - Translations (Foundation)

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Home & Region - Translations (Higher)

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Social Issues - Translations (Foundation)

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Social Issues - Translations (Higher)

4.7

Global Issues

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Global Issues - Translations

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Travel & Tourism

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Travel & Tourism - Translations

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Listening Practice

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Time Expressions - Listening

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Me, My Family & Friends - Listening

5.3

Technology in Everyday Life - Listening

5.4

Free-Time - Listening

5.5

Customs & Festivals - Listening

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Home, Town, Neighbourhood & Region - Listening

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Social Issues - Listening

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Travel & Tourism - Listening

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Education - Listening

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Food & Drink - Listening

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In the Home - Listening

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Colours - Listening

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Clothes & Accesories - Listening

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Measurements - Listening

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Materials - Listening

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Important Verbs

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Advanced Tenses

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Extra Grammar

9.1

Articles

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Negatives

9.3

Nouns

9.4

Asking Questions

9.5

Adjectives

9.6

Adverbs

9.7

Conjunctions

9.8

Pronouns

9.9

By, With, From, Of

9.10

Verbs

9.11

Comparisons

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