Steem Spanish class: Animals without grammatical genders
A few days back, I created a Spanish lesson explaining how genders work, and how using “El” and “La” can become a very easy task if you pay attention to the last letter of any noun. However, there are a lot of exceptions which may cause confusion to learners.
This time I’m going to show you some animal names, that don’t have grammatical genders despite the animals themselves are male or female. This can be quite less complicated because you only need to memorize one word for all of these animals, and if you need to really specify the genre of the animal, just add the words “macho” (male) or “Hembra” (female) next to the noun. I will show you some examples of animals with which you will only need to use ONE specific word.
So, let’s not beat around the bush!
Panda= Panda
Even though the pronunciation is slightly different, "Panda" is written the same both in English and Spanish.
"El panda come bambú"
=The panda eats bamboo.
Ballena= Whale
Yep, if you are going to talk about a whale from steemit, you can also say "Ballena". Male whales are called "ballenas" but when it comes to little whales they are called "ballenatos", it doesn't matter if they are male or female.
"La ballena es muy grande."
= The whale is very big.
Ardilla= Squirrel
Curious fact: Squirrels are excellent tree planters. They store acorns in the ground in order to eat them afterwards, but sometimes they forget where they stored it, and a new tree grows up. source
They are also good at posing for the camera, as you can see :)
"A la ardilla le encantan las nueces."
= The squirrel loves acorns.
Cebra=Zebra
This one is also very similar to the English word, but the pronunciation is slightly different.
Did you know Zebra's stripes confuse the predators when a group of zebras is together? source
"Las cebras le tienen miedo al león."
= Zebras are afraid of the lion.
Koala= Koala
This word also means Fanny pack or waist pack, just like a lot of words in Spanish that have several meanings.
"El koala ama el eucalipto."
= The koala loves eucalyptus.
Foca= Seal
"Las focas son excelentes nadadoras."
= Seals are excellent swimmers.
And never say the word "foco" to refer to a male seal, because you will be talking about this...
This is all for today, I hope you learned something new, and let me a comment down below if you have any question or suggestion for the next topic. Thank you for reading!
Images: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7.
Thanks @steemiteducation you have been of great help! I will try to post one Spanish class every week :)
Thanks for the tips,really learnt alot,probably you can talk about greetings in the next post.
I'm glad this helped! Thanks for your suggestion, I will consider it for my next Spanish lesson :)
Wow thanks! I'm searching for sites to learn Spanish and your lessons will be a great help for me. Please continue this. And can you also post some daiy vocabulary ot someting? Just a suggetion.
Yes I can do that, it is a good suggestion if I get enough support in my lessons I'm going to do that, thank you!
You can join my discord channel where I'm planning on giving some Spanish lessons and you can ask all your question too, feel free to join: https://discord.gg/eudXfp
Mmm...That link isn't working. Can you send me another? Thanks
Yeah, sorry, this one: https://discord.gg/XhsgBDj
Thanks!