Spanish GrammarSubject Pronouns
Unlike English, the subject pronouns are often not used in Spanish. As Spanish is a highly inflected language, the endings of the verbs often make it clear who the speaker is. In those cases where there could be confusion, however, it is always appropriate to use them. The familiar forms for "you," both singular and plural, tu and vosotros, are roughly equivalent to the English words "thee" and "thou" which have fallen out of usage. Their equivalents in Spanish, are used extensively, particularly the tu form. It is recommended, that persons with limited knowledge of Spanish always use the formal "you" in Spanish in order to avoid unintenionally giving offense.
Regular-ar Verbs Regular verbs in Spanish are those that follow consistent patterns throughout all their tenses. They fall into three categories. The infinitives all end in either -ar, -er or -ir. The infinitives are those forms of verbs that are equivalent to "to" plus the verb in English as in "claim" which in Spanish is reclamar.
Gender of Nouns
In Spanish, every noun including inanimate objects is either masculine or feminine. Usually nouns ending in o are masculine and nouns ending a are feminine. The gender of nouns that end in some other letter simply must be learned as vocabulary acquistion progresses. Physical gender generally does apply to animate beings regardless of word ending when the gender is obvious.
Plural of Nouns
The Pluralization of nouns in Spanish is a simple matter. You simply add -s to nouns in a vowel and -es to nouns ending in a consonant.
One small deviation to this rule is when a noun ends in z, the z changes to a c and is then followed by -es.
When an -es is added to a noun, a written accent may no longer be neccessary. Review the rules on stress and you will see how the addition of a syllable may eliminate the need for a written accent.
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