11.3.9

Masculine Nouns

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Masculine Nouns

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

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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
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Numbers

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