Question:

Why are gender rules so important in Spanish?

¿De qué sexo es? Acuerdo de género.

¿Quién hubiera pensado que la confusión de género se extendería a la lingüística? Pero la verdad es un error común entre los no nativos es obtener el género de una palabra equivocada. Dado que en Inglés nuestras palabras no tienen un notable género (aparte de las palabras que representan cosas que realmente son un género u otro), y nuestros artículos no representan diferencias de género en todos, es difícil para nosotros hacer el cambio a un idioma con las distinciones de género. Sin embargo, es una distinción importante en español y de equivocarse puede ser un grave error. Un gran número de los sustantivos terminan en o bien «a» o «o 'los que terminan en' a 'son generalmente femenino y los que terminan en' o 'son generalmente masculinos. Así, su artículo normalmente de acuerdo con ellos. Por ejemplo, 'La Bicicleta' de la bicicleta, y el libro 'el libro'. 'La' es el artículo femenino, lo que acompaña a "bicicleta" y "El 'es el artículo masculino lo acompaña' libro '. Esto es cierto para la mayoría de las palabras, sin embargo, hay excepciones a esta regla. Por ejemplo 'el mapa' del mapa, y la mano "la mano". La mayoría de estas excepciones son derivados latina que proviene de una palabra neutra y supone una chimenea o bien masculino o femenino a partir de asociaciones con la palabra o el sexo de un sinónimo. En la mayoría de mezclar el género de una palabra sólo te hará sonar como un hablante no nativo. El error más común es la aplicación del artículo equivocado con una palabra. Por ejemplo, decir "el bicicleta". Suenas un poco confuso, pero no han dicho nada malo. Sin embargo, otro error bastante común es confundir la vocal en el final de una palabra, que puede llevar a problemas como éste con frecuencia se cambia el significado de una palabra. Por ejemplo: pollo pollo significa la palabra ". , 'El pollo' el pollo. Sin embargo, 'polla' en lugar de sentido de pollo femenina (que significa literalmente, pero se ha quedado fuera de uso) significa pene. Por lo tanto, confundir el género de esta palabra puede hacer la conversación incómoda. Un ejemplo de mis favoritos fue proporcionada por un amigo mío cuando estábamos estudiando en el extranjero. Al parecer, ella estaba en un restaurante y quería orden de pollo con piña. Sin embargo, se confunde el género. En lugar de ordenar 'pi con pollo? A? ella había pedido? pi con polla? a?. Huelga decir que esta evocado una imagen bastante divertido para su familia de acogida y su camarero y tiene una buena reír a todos.

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