Spanish Hacks

==Tricks to conclude a gender (without guarantee)==
*Pro Tip: Many Spanish nouns ending in -ma, -pa, -ta are masculine.
*Pro Tip: Most Spanish nouns ending in -z are feminine (e.g., la luz).
*Pro Tip: Clock times greater than una (one o'clock) are preceded by the plural feminine definite article las.
*Pro Tip: Spanish nouns ending in an accented vowel are often masculine (e.g., maní).
*Pro Tip: Spanish nouns ending in a consonant other than -d or -z are often masculine (e.g., pantalón).
Pro Tip: Spanish nouns ending in -d are often feminine.
*Pro Tip: Spanish nouns ending in -ión are often feminine (e.g., habitación).
==Article==
==Using it vs. not==
*if you know the professional you are talking about (including if you are talking about yourself), you do not use the article .
*If you do not know them, you must use it
===Special cases===
*My grammar states clearly that 'feminine nouns beginning with stressed a- or ha- take the masculine article el in the singular but las in the plural', but the dictionary doesn't seem to indicate this - examples aguila, hada are both designated feminine.
==Days of the week==
*Write weekdays small
*Write holidays big
*write months small
*weekdays are the same singular and plural
==Titles==
The first letter of a title is big, the rest small (unless a name is featured)
==Adapting to genders and plural==
===Nouns with a genders===
====Gender====
*If regular/male form ends in -o, the feminine form is changed to -a
*If regular/male form ends in -e, the feminine form ends in -e, too.
*If regular/male form ends in -a (usually the case with -ista verbs), the feminine form ends in -a, too.
*If regular/male form ends in a consonant other than -r and -n, the feminine form isn't changed
*If regular/male form ends in -or, for the feminine form an -a is added
*If regular/male form ends in -ón, -án, and -ín, for the feminine form an -a is added. The written accent disappears
====Plural====
*If regular/male form ends in -o, the plural form is changed to -os, and -as form feminine plural
*If regular/male form ends in -e, the plural form ends in -es.
*If regular/male form ends in -a (usually the case with -ista verbs) change to -as in plural forms
*If regular/male form ends in a consonant, the plural adds -es.
*If regular/male form ends in -z, change the z to a c before adding the -es ending.
*Spanish nouns ending in an accented vowel add -(e)s
*If regular form ends in -or, -ón, -án, and -ín, the plural adds -es for male verbs, and -as for females.The accent disappears if one exists.
===Adjevtives==
====Gender====
*If regular/male form ends in -o, the feminine form is changed to -a
*If regular/male form ends in -a (usually the case with -ista verbs), the feminine form ends in -a, too.
*If regular/male form ends in -e, the feminine form ends in -e, too.
*If regular/male form ends in -erior, the feminine form stays the same.
*If regular/male form ends in a consonant other than -r, -s, or -n, the feminine form isn't changed
*If regular/male form ends in -or, -ón, -án, and -ín, the feminine form adds an a, and the accent disappears.
*If regular/male form ends in -es, the feminine form adds an a.
====Plural====
*If regular/male form ends in -o, the plural form is changed to -os, and -as form feminine plural
*If regular/male form ends in -e, the plural form ends in -es.
*If regular/male form ends in -a (usually the case with -ista verbs) change to -as in plural forms
*If regular/male form ends in a consonant, the plural adds -es.
*If regular/male form ends in -z, change the z to a c before adding the -es ending.
*If regular/male form ends in -es, the plural adds -es, or -as for female adjectives
==countries==
*The country itself is always spelled big (since it is a name)
*The country's language or adjective is spelled small
==Plural==
* Verbs that have an accent on the second to last vowels lose it in plural, canción -> canciones, habitación -> habitaciones
==Irregular verbs==
dar
Caber
Oler
caerse
traer
jugar
traducir
corregir
cruzar
ofrecer
cocer
doy
dirigir
traducir
exigirse
recoger
vender
repetir