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Some Spanish vocabulary usage is different from English vocabulary usage. This module will highlight gender of nouns and articles, how to form plurals, and point out some differences between Spanish and English vocabulary usage.

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Usage: Nouns

For all words in Spanish (as with any language), remember that any word has two identities: it will be a part of speech (noun, pronoun, adjective, adverb, verb, conjunction, interjection), and it will have a function (subject, object, verb, object of a preposition) in the statement. Unlike the English, words are rarely used for more than one part of speech.

For example, in English, we might say, "I'm taking a drive to town." "Drive" is a noun here. Or we might say, "I will drive to town." "Drive" is a verb here. In Spanish, any such dual roles are rare. (Go to Resources to see a primer on parts of speech.)" "

In Spanish, the only words that change depending on function are the personal pronouns. There are a few rules to remember about these pronouns, and the rules will be explained in this module. The following page will discuss nouns.
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