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Gender

In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine. Often, nouns end in ‑o if they're masculine and ‑a if they're feminine.

el niño
the boy
la niña
the girl

Notice how you use el if the word is masculine and la if the word is feminine.

The apple is a girl?!

It's not just people that are masculine or feminine in Spanish. Objects are, too!

el pan
the bread
la manzana
the apple

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.

I think, therefore...

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
yo
I
soy
I am

you
eres
you are
él
he
es
he is
ella
she
es
she is
Yo soy una niña. Tú eres un niño.
I am a girl. You are a boy.