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-====== Language Help: Spanish ======+====== Resources : Language Help - Spanish ======
  
 This page is meant as a quick reference for cooking up Spanish names for your timelines - This page is meant as a quick reference for cooking up Spanish names for your timelines -
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 and adjectives to use. The right form depends on the gender of the noun. and adjectives to use. The right form depends on the gender of the noun.
  
-=== Adjective + Noun ===+---- 
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 +==== Adjective + Noun ====
  
 **Male:**    Adjective ending **-o** or a consonant.  This is the base form of the adjective, what you'll find in a dictionary. **Male:**    Adjective ending **-o** or a consonant.  This is the base form of the adjective, what you'll find in a dictionary.
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 All adjectives keep their endings, modified by the gender of the noun. All adjectives keep their endings, modified by the gender of the noun.
  
-The one exception to the rule (that I can remember off the top of my head) is the word **canadiense**, which means "Canadian." This adjective stays the same in both the feminine and masculine forms, and takes the "-s" that all other adjectives take in the plural.+An exception concerns adjectives that end in "e" such as the word **canadiense**, which means "Canadian." This adjective stays the same in both the feminine and masculine forms, and takes the "-s" that all other adjectives take in the plural, as adjectives that end with "e" can change gender as needed.
  
-=== (Definite) Article + Adjective + Noun ===+---- 
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 +==== (Definite) Article + Adjective + Noun ====
  
 **Male:**    **El** + adjective ending in **-o** or a consonant (see above).     **Male:**    **El** + adjective ending in **-o** or a consonant (see above).    
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 **Usage of the Definite Article:** //El, la, los, las// are rarely ever dropped. Many times, they are the only indication of a noun's gender, so are almost always used. **Usage of the Definite Article:** //El, la, los, las// are rarely ever dropped. Many times, they are the only indication of a noun's gender, so are almost always used.
  
-=== Adjective Placement ===+---- 
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 +==== Adjective Placement ====
  
 In Spanish, most adjectives fall after the nouns they modify.  Some, though, can be placed before their nouns, and have different meanings based on their locations. In Spanish, most adjectives fall after the nouns they modify.  Some, though, can be placed before their nouns, and have different meanings based on their locations.
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     *"Nuevo" means "new", but in subtly different fashions.  Following a noun, it is referring to an object that is physically new.  Preceding a noun (this usage is the more common in place names), it refers to a new entity fulfilling a role: //Nueva York, Nuevo México//.  (New York and New Mexico aren't any younger than York and Mexico, but their names are.)     *"Nuevo" means "new", but in subtly different fashions.  Following a noun, it is referring to an object that is physically new.  Preceding a noun (this usage is the more common in place names), it refers to a new entity fulfilling a role: //Nueva York, Nuevo México//.  (New York and New Mexico aren't any younger than York and Mexico, but their names are.)
  
-=== List of nouns with genders ===+---- 
 + 
 +==== List of nouns with genders ====
  
 Obviously, the above list is only useful if you can find out genders of Spanish nouns. Obviously, the above list is only useful if you can find out genders of Spanish nouns.
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     * La frontera --- border, frontier     * La frontera --- border, frontier
  
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- +==== Gender hints ====
-=== Gender hints ===+
  
 * Most suffixes have a consistent gender behavior.  * Most suffixes have a consistent gender behavior. 
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    * Most nouns that end in consonants are masculine. However, when they are professions, nationalities, and the like, there is also a feminine form, created by adding an **-a**.    * Most nouns that end in consonants are masculine. However, when they are professions, nationalities, and the like, there is also a feminine form, created by adding an **-a**.
  
-=== Geographical names ===+---- 
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 +==== Geographical names ====
  
 Country, city, and other place names usually drop their articles. Exceptions may arise: Country, city, and other place names usually drop their articles. Exceptions may arise:
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 Mountain names are the same way. The general formula is to insert the name of the particular mountain after the word "Monte," such as "Monte Everest." Mountain names are the same way. The general formula is to insert the name of the particular mountain after the word "Monte," such as "Monte Everest."
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 ==== Personal names ==== ==== Personal names ====
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 It is also very common to have more than one first name, but this is treated as all part of a single name, not like middle names in English. Commonly people may have José or Maria (Joseph or Mary, as in Jesus' parents) as their "first" first name, but will be known by their second first name as those are very, very common. It is also very common to have more than one first name, but this is treated as all part of a single name, not like middle names in English. Commonly people may have José or Maria (Joseph or Mary, as in Jesus' parents) as their "first" first name, but will be known by their second first name as those are very, very common.
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