Nouns that End in a Consonant Now that you've got the rules for words ending in a vowel down, let's learn about words that end in a consonant. 1. Add -es Rule: If a singular noun ends in a vowel plus y or the consonants l, r, n, d, z, j, s, x, or ch, add -es....
On the other hand, some Spanish adjectives end in a consonant, likepopular(popular),voraz(voracious), andfácil(easy). These are similar to the ones ending in-e: they only have two forms. The singular form is invariable for feminine and masculine nouns: ...
In Spanish, nouns and adjectives have genders. Generally, nouns ending in "o" are masculine, while those ending in "a" are feminine. The same goes for adjective gender. Adjectives are not only impacted by gender, they can also change according to their position in the sentence. Genders also...
A fair number of Spanish nouns ending in j followed by a or o developed from Latin or Late Latin diminutives. One of those is the word for ‘sheep,’ oveja. It evolved from Late Latin ovicula, a diminutive of Latin ovis‘sheep.’ Based on that, we have the adjective ovino/ovine, ...
Masculine Nouns that Don't End inO Words that end in the following letters or letter combinations are often masculine: an accented vowel (á, é, í, ó, ú) -ma a consonant other thand,z e Not all words ending in-maare masculine. Some, likeforma ...
The verbveniris irregular as it does not follow the usual pattern for Spanish verbs ending in “-er”. Veniris a stem-changing verb, meaning that, as we’ll see below, in some conjugations the vowel “e” from the verb’s stem can change to “ie” or “i” when it’s part of ...
Words Ending in a Consonant As is common in English, nouns ending in aconsonantare made plural by addinges. el escultor; the sculptor;los escultores,the sculptors la sociedad, the society;las sociedades, the societies el azul, the blue one;los azules, the blue ones ...
The majority of the feminine nouns in Spanish also have endings that will help identify them. The most common feminine word ending is '-a' as in amiga meaning "female friend." The following list shows letters that are typically found at the end of feminine nouns in Spanish along with examp...
while in Spanish most of nouns and adjectives have diminutive form. In English to avoid this gap we add the word "little”. The most common Spanish diminutive suffixes are -ito and -cito (-ita and -cita for feminine) mi plantita (my little plant). The rules aren't hard and the ...
Spanish nouns are marked for gender (masculine, feminine) and number (singular, plural). There are no cases. Articles and adjectives agree in gender and number with the nouns they modify. Adjectives follow nouns, e.g., el/un hombre simpático‘the/a nice man’, la/una mujer simpática ‘...