1. Every noun in Spanish has a gender; it is either feminine or masculine
2. Because of #1, there are two definite articles in Spanish
3. The feminine article is “la” and the masculine article is “el”, if the noun is singular
4. Plural definite articles are las (feminine) and los (masculine)
5. Many grammar rules are based on the knowledge of the article (or gender) of the noun
6. So, when learning the meaning of a NOUN in Spanish, learn also whether it is masculine or feminine
7. There are rules defining which gender a noun must have. Find what they are and learn them
8. In other cases, you must memorize the gender
9. What about indefinite Spanish articles? There are again 4 versions:
10. “un” (masculine & singular) ; “una” (feminine & singular)
11. in English the indefinite article is “a/an”. And there is no indefinite article for plurals. But in Spanish there is
12. unos (masculine and plural); unas (feminine & plural). Most of the cases, u can translate unos/unas as “SOME”
13. The structure of a statement sentence and a yes/no question is the same
14. Because of #13, a question sentence in written form starts with inverted question mark ¿.
15. Similar to #14, if an exclamation mark is required, the sentence starts with an inverted exclamation mark: ¡
16. As far as I know, Spanish is the only language using these inverted marks. If you know other language having them, please make a reply:)
17. Subject pronouns are rarely used in Spanish: when you want to emphasize and/or to avoid a misunderstanding.
18. There are some classical topics which cause troubles for Spanish learners over and over again. Such as….
19. Get ready to have some troubles with SER and ESTAR
20. Get ready to have some troubles with POR and PARA
21. As for the verbs. There are three possibilities for the infinitive form of a verb: They end either in “-ar”, “-er” or “-ir”
22. In Spanish, most of the time adjectives follow the nouns, not vice versa
23. As opposed to english, you can make the Spanish adjectives plural
24. Also, the endings of some adjectives change in accordance with the noun they are used together
25. YOU is not equal YOU. There’re 4 versions of telling you in Spanish 1) Informal for singular person 2) formal for singular person 3) informal >1 person 4) formal > 1person
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