Spanish Grammar – A cat 🇪🇸

Tip

Most nouns that end with a are feminine

8 months ago

____ gata

Una gata

In Spanish, every noun has a gender, either masculine or feminine. The noun ‘gata’ is feminine, as it refers to a female cat. Therefore, the indefinite article that corresponds with ‘gata’ must also be feminine, which is ‘una’. If the noun were masculine, like ‘gato’ (which means a male cat), you would use ‘un’.

The definite article for feminine nouns is ‘la’, as in ‘la gata’. However, since the instruction is to translate “A cat,” which uses an indefinite article, ‘la’ is not the correct choice here; ‘una’ is correct.

‘El’ is the definite masculine article and does not match ‘gata’; similarly ‘un’ is the indefinite masculine article and does not match ‘gata’. Therefore, ‘una’ is the appropriate translation for “A cat” when referring to a female cat in Spanish.

a few seconds ago

una,la,el,un info.

The correct answer is “un gata,” which requires a bit more explanation.

In Spanish, nouns have gender and are either masculine or feminine. The word for “cat” in Spanish has two forms: “gato” (masculine) and “gata” (feminine). The gender of the noun affects the form of the article that precedes it.

The definite articles “el” (masculine) and “la” (feminine) are used for specific, known entities, much like “the” in English. The indefinite articles “un” (masculine) and “una” (feminine) are used in a general sense, like “a” or “an” in English.

In this case, because “gata” is feminine, we would typically expect to use the feminine article “una.” This would make “una gata” the correct pairing. However, it’s worth noting that “un gata,” using a masculine article with a feminine noun, is not grammatically correct in standard Spanish unless it is a typo or a colloquial regionalism. Standard Spanish dictates “una gata” for “a (female) cat.”

7 minutes ago

una,la,el,un info.

The correct answer is “una gata.” In Spanish, nouns have gender and are either masculine or feminine. The word “gata” is feminine because it refers to a female cat (with “gato” being the masculine form for a male cat). The articles in Spanish (equivalents to “the” and “a/an” in English) must match the gender of the noun they accompany. Therefore, “una” is the indefinite article for feminine nouns in singular form, which we use in this case to say “a cat” for a female cat. The other options are incorrect for the following reasons:

– “la” is the definite article for feminine nouns, translating to “the” instead of “a/an”.
– “el” is the masculine definite article, translating to “the” for masculine nouns.
– “un” is the masculine indefinite article, translating to “a/an” for masculine nouns.

13 minutes ago