A concise and simplified grammar of the Spanish language
A concise and simplified grammar of the Spanish language
A concise and simplified grammar of the Spanish language
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16 ETYMOLOGY AND SYNTAX.<br />
word to <strong>the</strong>m, descriptive <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir sex ; as, El pato macho,<br />
El pato hembra ; La rata macho, La rata hembra ; macho<br />
signifying- male <strong>and</strong> hembra female.<br />
39. The o<strong>the</strong>r species <strong>of</strong> Nouns is called common, from<br />
<strong>the</strong>ir being common to both genders, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> Article pre-<br />
fixed to <strong>the</strong>m, points out <strong>the</strong> distinction <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir gender ; as.<br />
El tigre, The tiger ; La tigre, The tigress ; Un joven, A<br />
young man ; Una joven, A young woman.<br />
LIST OF EXCEPTIONS IN THE GENDER OF NOUNS.<br />
Albacea,<br />
Masculine Nouns ending in A.
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