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First off lets learn the Spanish alphabet
| A: ah B: bay C: say CH: chay D: day E: ay |
F: ef-fay G: hay H: ah-chay I: ee J: ho-tah K: kay |
L: el-lay LL: el-yay M: eh-may N: eh-nay Ñ: en-yay O: oh |
P: pay Q: coo R: eh-ray RR: eh-rray S: essay T: tay U: oo |
V: bay W: doh-blay bay X: eh-kees Y: ee-gree-ay-gah Z: Seh-tah |
In the modern alphabet does not contain RR (erray).
the Real Academia Española, which is considered the arbiter of what's official Spanish created . The Academy also has ruled that while CH and LL are considered letters, for alphabetization purposes only they should not be treated that way. It used to be that dictionaries would list all the words beginning with CH separately, after the words beginning with C, so, for example, the word achatar would be listed after acordar. But in most modern dictionaries, the words are alphabetized as they would be in English (except that the Ñ comes after the N). - spanish.about.com
For all you people who never learned to use your computer's Spanish accents this one is for you.
| á | Alt + 0225 | Á | Alt + 0193 | |
| é | Alt + 0233 | É | Alt + 0201 | |
| í | Alt + 0237 | Í | Alt + 0205 | |
| ñ | Alt + 0241 | Ñ | Alt + 0209 | |
| ó | Alt + 0243 | Ó | Alt + 0211 | |
| ú | Alt + 0250 | Ú | Alt + 0218 | |
| ü | Alt + 0252 | Ü | Alt + 0220 | |
| ¿ | Alt + 0191 | ¡ | Alt + 0161 | |
| « | Alt + 0171 | » | Alt + 0187 |
Go on try typing something with the accents
Argentina Belize Bolivia Chile Costa Rica Colombia Cuba Dominican Republic
Ecuador Honduras México Nicaragua Panamá Paraguay Perú Puerto Rico Spain
Uruguay Venezuela
Time to study your Spanish speaking countries in South America
First off it is crucial to know the basics without them all would be lost.
A noun is a word used to denote a person, place, thing, or idea.
Masculine Feminine
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el gato |
la gata |
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el perro |
la perra |
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el chico |
la chica |
| el abuelo grandfather |
la abuela grandmother |
Nouns that end in -o are usually masculine. Nouns that end in -a are usually
feminine.
This is not always true though just like English there are exceptions.
Lets review
 | Many
nouns that denote living things have both a masculine and a feminine form. | ||
| Most
nouns that end in -o are masculine. | ||
| Most
nouns that end in -a are feminine. | ||
| Masculine
nouns that end in a consonant often have a corresponding feminine form
that ends in -a. | ||
| Some
nouns that refer to people use the same form for both masculine and
feminine. These nouns indicate gender by the article (el or la). | ||
| Nouns
that end in -sión, -ción, -dad, -tad, -tud, -umbre are feminine. | ||
| Many
nouns that end in -ma are masculine. | ||
| A few nouns that end in -o are feminine |
 | If
a noun ends in a vowel, simply add -s. | ||
| If
a noun ends in a consonant, simply add -es. | ||
| If
a noun ends in a -z, change the z to c before adding -es. | ||
| If
a noun ends in ión, drop the written accent before adding -es. | ||
| If
the plural refers to a mixed group, use the masculine. | ||
| For compound nouns, change "el" to "los". |
Indefinite articles are used to
say "a, an" or "some."
The for indefinite articles are un, una, unos and unas
For example
un gato
a male cat
unos gatos
some male cats
una gata
a female cat
unas gatas
some female cats
| Singular | Plural | |
| Masculine | Un | Unos |
| Feminine | Una | Unas |
definite articles are used to say "the" or "those"
The for definite articles are el, la, los and las
for example
| Singular | Plural | |
| Masculine | El | Los |
| Feminine | La | Las |
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