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Gender

In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine, even when they don’t refer to people. Usually, nouns that end in o (like niño) are masculine, and nouns that end in a (like niña) are feminine.

el niño
the boy

la niña
the girl

el pan
the bread

la manzana
the apple

Verbs

In English, verb forms usually don’t change (for example, I walk and we walk), but there are exceptions. For example, we say I am, but you are, and she is. In Spanish, all verbs change depending on whether the person is I, you, she, etc.

subject ser to be
yo
I
soy
I am

you (informal)
eres
you are
él
he
es
he is
ella
she
es
she is

Notice that él and ella always have the same verb form, so we’ll group them together from now on.