palabras

[Steve]

el güisqui - whisky/whiskey

[CathM]

cerveza

[Alyson]

Originally Posted by Steve

It is tengo mucha hambre.

Yes hambre is feminine but it is el hambre because you use the masculine "el" before a stressed initial vowel.

(As the "h" is silent the "a" is treated as the initial vowel)

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Thanks so much for that Steve and I'm very pleased that someone else has joined this thread! Welcome!

[Alyson]

Originally Posted by CathM

cerveza

Welcome, Cath. This is great - four of us on the thread now!
Of course, it should have been LA cerveza! :lol:

[Alyson]

What about something to eat with all this alcohol?
Una tortilla Franchesca con queso?

[Alyson]

Originally Posted by mariac

el vino................
I need one
la ginebra fem.but el whisky mas.
¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¡¡ Porque???????????

Even more Porques :?: but there's no answer - you just have to learn them. That's why it's very important to say the article with the word!
Why is the sea feminine in French - la mer - and masculine in Spanish - el mar - when they're both Gallic languages?

[CathM]

for those of us learning Spanish....
I post one word (palabra) you post next.............................................. ......

Una tortilla Franchesca con queso?

Huevo

[Alyson]

Yep You sure can't make a tortilla without breaking LOS huevos!

Las uvas.
I take it, although it's feminine, it will be el uva? Reason I thought of it is I always used to mix up my huevos and uvas!

[wendetg]

y los patatas bravos?

[Nalle]

Originally Posted by Alyson

Even more Porques :?: but there's no answer - you just have to learn them. That's why it's very important to say the article with the word!
Why is the sea feminine in French - la mer - and masculine in Spanish - el mar - when they're both Gallic languages?

Actually. It's correct grammar to use both la mar and El mar.
Don't ask me why. I'm fluent in Spanish but I'm crap in grammar.. In any language I'm afraid.

El refresco - beverage