Why doesn't "hache" follow the same rules as words like "agua" where the intial vowel is a stressed a?
ie, Why do we still say "la hache" and not "el hache" ?
Feminine articles with letters
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Feminine articles with letters
This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Letters of the alphabet in Spanish: feminine"
Asked 2 years ago
Hola A
Here's the link to the Kwiziq lesson Marsha suggested.
By the end of the lesson we say that "hache" is an exception to the rule.
I am not completely sure but I imagine "hache" uses the feminine article because it is referring to "la [letra] hache".
Saludos
Inma
Marsha C. Kwiziq Q&A super contributor
See lesson
Feminine nouns starting with a stressed "a" sometimes use masculine articles and quantifiers
DENNIS N.Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor
It is an exception. Here is the response from RAE -
https://twitter.com/raeinforma/status/1067029977370103808?lang=en
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