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What are some characteristics of Spanish grammar?

Nov 30th, 2006 02:52
Mike Josef, LM Silva, http://www.Spanish-help.com">help

Spanish is a romance language, with two genders (masculine and 
feminine), a large list of regular and irregular verbs, three different 
conjugation styles for each class of regular verb (ending in -ar, -er 
and -ir), a large number of tenses, a very straightforward 
pronunciation, and backed up by a huge collection of literature and 
poetry that make it suitable for elaborate art.
Some more things:
1) Declension of adjectives according to gender and number
Una casa bonita = A beautiful house.
Casas bonitas = Beautiful houses (the adjective bonitas reflects the 
number).
Un libro bonito = A beautiful book (the adjective bonito reflects the 
gender).
2) The last vowel for most masculine nouns is o, and a for feminine 
nouns:
Escritorio = desk (m).
Pantalla = screen (f).
Notable exceptions are words ending in -ción (feminine):
Canción = song (f).
Oración = prayer, sentence (f).
And some more, for example "mujer" (woman, f) or "hombre" (man, m).