In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine. Often, nouns end in ‑o if they're masculine and ‑a if they're feminine.
Notice how you use el if the word is masculine and la if the word is feminine.
It's not just people that are masculine or feminine in Spanish. Objects are, too!
Not sure what gender something is? Look at the the! If a word uses el, it's masculine. If it uses la, it's feminine.
In English, verb forms change depending on who's doing the action. For example, we say I am, you are, and she is. In Spanish, you do the same thing.
ser to be |
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yo I |
soy I am |
tú you |
eres you are |
él he |
es he is |
ella she |
es she is |