{"id":1916,"date":"2019-04-25T11:33:55","date_gmt":"2019-04-25T11:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/?p=1747"},"modified":"2019-10-12T21:21:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-12T21:21:03","slug":"genero-sustantivo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/onlineactivities\/genero-sustantivo\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00bfLos objetos inanimados tienen g\u00e9nero?"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?--><p>Cualquiera que est\u00e9 aprendiendo espa\u00f1ol estar\u00e1 de acuerdo en que puede ser especialmente confuso cuando se trata del g\u00e9nero. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 las cosas inanimadas tienen g\u00e9nero? Todos queremos saber la respuesta, pero por desgracia a veces nos decepcionamos. Sin embargo, si quieres <strong>saber c\u00f3mo funciona el g\u00e9nero gramatical<\/strong> en espa\u00f1ol, te recomendamos encarecidamente que sigas leyendo.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>G\u00e9nero del sustantivo<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Probablemente no pienses mucho en esto, pero en ingl\u00e9s hay algunos sustantivos que son masculinos o femeninos. Por ejemplo, <i>hombre\/mujer, hermano\/hermana, caballero\/dama<\/i>, <em>gallo\/ gallina<\/em>etc. \u00c9stos, por supuesto, se refieren a personas o animales y ya conllevan un sentido de femenino\/masculino. Exceptuando estos casos, <strong>La mayor\u00eda de los sustantivos ingleses son de g\u00e9nero neutro. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents-pro\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/blog\/falsos-amigos\/\" class=\"template-4\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"CONVERSA espa\u00f1ol ingl\u00e9s falsos amigos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends.png 825w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends-600x382.png 600w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/CONVERSA-false-friends-768x489.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\"><div class=\"postTitle\"><span><strong>Leer m\u00e1s<\/strong>V\u00eddeo: Falsos amigos espa\u00f1ol-ingl\u00e9s<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">That\u2019s why this may sound weird for English speakers but, <strong>en espa\u00f1ol, TODOS los sustantivos son masculinos o femeninos<\/strong>. Por ejemplo, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">silla <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(Spanish for \u201cchair\u201d) is female. Why? Well, because. There\u2019s really no explanation. The only way to know the gender of a noun is to memorize it. But don\u2019t worry. You don\u2019t have to make vocabulary lists and repeat them to boredom if that\u2019s not your style. With time and practice, this will come naturally to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dicho esto, hay una <strong>truco sencillo<\/strong> para determinar el g\u00e9nero de un sustantivo que te garantizar\u00e1 el \u00e9xito 9 de cada 10 veces: <strong><em>m\u00e1s<\/em> sustantivos<\/strong> <strong>terminados en -o ser\u00e1n masculinos<\/strong> y <strong><em>m\u00e1s\u00a0<\/em>sustantivos acabados en -a<\/strong> will be female. Now there are of course exceptions, but let\u2019s dig a little deeper:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>Normas generales<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La mayor\u00eda de los sustantivos espa\u00f1oles acabados en <\/span><b>-o<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ser\u00e1n masculinas, pero tambi\u00e9n las palabras terminadas en <\/span><b>-e\u00a0<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">y en <\/span><b>consonantes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong> excepto -d<\/strong>:<br>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><strong>ALGUNAS EXCEPCIONES:<\/strong> <strong>el<\/strong> problema, <strong>el<\/strong> tema, <strong>el<\/strong> planeta, <strong>el<\/strong> clima, etc.<br>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3880 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-inanimate-objects-have-gender-300x240.png\" alt=\"CONVERSA los objetos inanimados tienen g\u00e9nero\" width=\"560\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-inanimate-objects-have-gender-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-inanimate-objects-have-gender-600x480.png 600w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-inanimate-objects-have-gender-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-inanimate-objects-have-gender.png 945w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\"><br>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">La mayor\u00eda de los sustantivos acabados en <\/span><b>-a<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ser\u00e1n femeninas, pero tambi\u00e9n las palabras acabadas en <\/span><b><b><b><b>-i\u00f3n\/-dad\/-tad\/-ud\/-umbre:<br>\n<\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><strong>ALGUNAS EXCEPCIONES:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>la<\/strong> mano, <strong>la<\/strong> carne, <strong>la<\/strong> noche, <strong>la<\/strong> nieve, <strong>la<\/strong> foto, etc.\n<div class=\"internal-linking-related-contents-pro\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/onlineactivities\/conjugaciones-verbales\/\" class=\"template-4\"><img width=\"250\" height=\"159\" src=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"CONVERSA CONJUGA VERBOS ESPA\u00d1OLES EN PRESENTE\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT.png 825w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT-600x382.png 600w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT-300x191.png 300w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/CONVERSA-CONJUGATE-SPANISH-VERBS-IN-PRESENT-768x489.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\"><div class=\"postTitle\"><span><strong>Leer m\u00e1s<\/strong>Actividad en l\u00ednea: Conjugar verbos espa\u00f1oles en presente<\/span><\/div><\/a><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-3881 aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: inherit;\" src=\"http:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-inanimate-objects-have-gender-2-300x240.png\" alt=\"CONVERSA los objetos inanimados tienen g\u00e9nero\" width=\"560\" height=\"448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-inanimate-objects-have-gender-2-300x240.png 300w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-inanimate-objects-have-gender-2-600x480.png 600w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-inanimate-objects-have-gender-2-768x614.png 768w, https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-inanimate-objects-have-gender-2.png 945w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\"><\/p><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hay algunos sustantivos cuya forma no cambia, pueden ser masculinos o femeninos seg\u00fan el uso que les demos. Para conocer su g\u00e9nero, s\u00f3lo tenemos que fijarnos en las palabras que acompa\u00f1an al sustantivo. Normalmente, estos sustantivos terminan en <\/span><b>-nte<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> o <\/span><b>-ista<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> y se refieren a personas (profesiones, estatus, etc.): <strong>el\/la<\/strong> estudiante, <strong>el\/la<\/strong> tenista, <strong>el\/la<\/strong> cantante, <strong>el\/la<\/strong> futbolista, etc.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>\u00bfPor qu\u00e9 es importante conocer el g\u00e9nero gramatical?<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>If you have just started learning Spanish online and just want to speak it for communication\u2019s sake, you don\u2019t have to worry about making mistakes. Getting the gender of a noun wrong won\u2019t make a difference in your message. For the most part, anyway.<\/p>\n<p>If, on the other hand, you like knowing your languages to a T, it\u2019s advisable that you give some attention to grammatical gender. Nouns don\u2019t usually come by themselves, they like to bring the whole family with them: articles, pronouns, adjetives\u2026 you name it. And whatever gender the noun comes in, the rest has to match it. Look at this:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(EN) Este viejo <strong>amigo<\/strong> m\u00edo est\u00e1 loco<br>\nPuede ser:<\/li>\n<li>(ES) Est<strong>a<\/strong> viej<strong>a<\/strong> <strong>amiga<\/strong> m\u00ed<strong>a<\/strong> est\u00e1 loc<strong>a<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>(ES) Est<strong>e<\/strong> viej<strong>o<\/strong> <strong>amigo<\/strong> m\u00ed<strong>o<\/strong> est\u00e1 loc<strong>o<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nouns\u2026 Talk about imposing, right?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">El g\u00e9nero gramatical es <strong>una de las grandes diferencias entre la gram\u00e1tica inglesa y la espa\u00f1ola<\/strong>por lo que puede resultar un poco dif\u00edcil de aprender al principio, pero pronto te acostumbrar\u00e1s. Cuando aprendas vocabulario, te recomendamos que intentes aprender el sustantivo junto con su art\u00edculo, porque as\u00ed sabr\u00e1s su g\u00e9nero: <em>la silla = <strong>la<\/strong> silla; el l\u00e1piz = <strong>el<\/strong> l\u00e1piz; the table = <strong>la<\/strong> mesa; la pluma = <strong>el<\/strong> bol\u00edgrafo\u2026<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a1Y ahora puedes poner en pr\u00e1ctica estos conocimientos con esta actividad gratuita en l\u00ednea!<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: 0px; width: 100%; height: 500px;\" src=\"https:\/\/learningapps.org\/watch?v=pz81atoq319\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cualquiera que est\u00e9 aprendiendo espa\u00f1ol estar\u00e1 de acuerdo en que puede ser especialmente confuso cuando se trata del g\u00e9nero. \u00bfPor qu\u00e9 las cosas inanimadas tienen g\u00e9nero? Todos queremos saber la respuesta, pero, por desgracia, a veces nos decepcionamos. Sin embargo, si quieres saber c\u00f3mo funciona el g\u00e9nero gramatical en espa\u00f1ol, te recomendamos [...]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3877,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,6,7,122,30,87,89],"tags":[76,75,123,12,77],"class_list":["post-1916","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-a1","category-onlineactivities","category-blog","category-education","category-grammar","category-language","category-learning","tag-grammatical-gender","tag-learn-spanish-online","tag-noun-gender","tag-online-activity","tag-spanish-nouns"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CONVERSA-Inanimate-objects-have-gender.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1916"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1916\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1916"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1916"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/conversaspanishinstitute.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1916"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}