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Originally Posted by pjt33
 No hay manera cierta de deducir si un sustantivo es masculino o femenino: hay que aprenderlo. Luego hay lo de los cambios de vocales - si que hay lógica, en el sentido de que si conoces la etimología latina puedes deducirlos, pero en el contexto de sólo conocer el español son otra cosa que hay que aprender. Y eso es para empezar... |
Actually, with the limited number of nouns I've encountered thus far, it's actually quite easy to figure out which are masculine and which are feminine. The ones with "-a" endings (Latin roots, right?) that are masculine seem to be obvious ... clima, tema, programa, etc.
What are the changes in vowels that you mention?
I must say that, besides it being my "heart language", I'm not a very big fan of English. I don't think it EVER makes sense....