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One of the more confusing things about Spanish noun gender is that el + noun doesn’t always mean the noun is masculine.

For example:

• el agua
• el águila
• el arma

All three nouns are actually feminine. The masculine-looking article appears in the singular because they begin with a stressed a- sound.

So you still get:

• el agua fría
• las aguas frías
• el águila blanca
• las águilas blancas

I put together a short guide to the pattern, including common examples and the part that confused me most as a learner:

https://ella.run/feminine-nouns-that-take-el

What Spanish gender/article rule or exception took you a while to really internalize?

Hi everyone,

Today I saw the expression below that made me confused. One is ¿Qué tipo de libros te gustan? and the other is ¿Qué tipo de películas te gusta?

I am confused why gusta for películas but gustan for libros. If anyone can direct me in the righr direction, I would be really grateful. Thanks!

This is new on my Duolingo feed. We're supposed to guess what the picture describes, but I seem to be far off the mark here. Was she doing a traditional Nicaraguan dance of victory over the oppressor? I need some context here.

Hola amigos!

This is Franco, Spanish teacher from Argentina. I wanted to share some graded readers I created to use with my students that use duolingo and often don't get enough reading material or it can be a bit boring. They have vocabulary and quizzes. There are 3 levels. 1st is a story about a boy and a girl in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 2nd is about argentine history from prehistoric times till the 19th century. 3rd is about the local personality el gaucho martin fierro (a local "cowbow"). part 2 and 3 can be challenging but I'm sure intermediate students will enjoy them. If you don't know a word you can underline the word and you will find a translation. Here you have the 3 links and you can also download them for free. Hope you like them!

Part 1: https://francospanishschool.com/.../un-ano-en-buenos-aires

Part 2: https://francospanishschool.com/.../story/historia-argentina

Parte 3: https://francospanishschool.com/reading/story/martin-fierro

Hi! So I had been learning Spanish for 3-4 months now, and everything was going well. I was about to complete Section 2

Now, last week they have added these “extra lessons” and they are shit. Each contains 30-35 new words, with very few practice lessons and they are just passing so speedily that I barely learn anything.

At this point, I’m just wondering when these extra ones will finish, and I will return to normal ones. Have you guys encountered such a thing? And what dyd in this case?

I try to write & learn later as well, but I’m very weak in these ones, because they are totally random, not just one topic.

I was fairly positive in this case that it’s “él,” but duo is saying otherwise.

Could I just use one or the other for both? Example:
Normalmente acostarme temprano?

This concept is so hard for me 😩