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Words · Chapter 9 of 16
The words the two stories are made of
A short list of nouns and describing words that both stories lean on. Learn each noun with the little word in front, and you have learned whether it is masculine or feminine too.
≈ 3 min of reading · Practise at your own pace
What’s in this chapter
- A short list: the two readings at the end are built out of it.
- hay
eye means both there is and there are, and en ehn covers in, on and at. - el agua
ehl AH-gwah is feminine and still takes el.
Ten nouns the stories keep using
These are the nouns both stories lean on. Learn each one with the little word in front of it, and you have learned its gender too.
| English | Spanish | English | Spanish |
|---|---|---|---|
| sun | el sol | tree | el árbol |
| day | el día | road | el camino |
| rain | la lluvia | water | el agua |
| wind | el viento | hunger | el hambre |
| friend | el amigo | brother, sister | el hermano |
el día ends in -a and is masculine anyway — the -o and -a guess is not a law. agua is feminine but takes el, a sound rule for a loud starting a-beat. The word lookup has twelve animals.
There are many birds in the tree.
Hay muchos pájaros en el árbol.
eye MOO-chohs PAH-hah-rohs ehn ehl AHR-bohl
hay
Two from long ago, one from here
No hints on the first two — you decoded them at the start.
- lluvia
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la lluvialah YOO-byah “the rain” - agua
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el aguaehl AH-gwah “the water” — feminine, and still el. - Hay pocos pájaros aquí.
One shape for one or many.
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Hay pocos pájaros aquí.eye POH-kohs PAH-hah-rohs ah-KEE “There are few birds here”