Where does it say person is female

Goo S.A2Kwiziq Q&A regular contributor

Mi vecina es ________.My neighbour is Lebanese.(HINT: libanés = masculine form of adjective Lebanese)
and why are you talking about adjective.
Soy mexicana. means a human and I thing should be a noun. In dictionary it has as noun and when noun el or la is in front. So how am i suppose to know neighbor is female?libanéslibaneselibanadalibanesa

This question relates to:Spanish lesson "Forming the singular feminine of -s ending nationality and place of origin adjectives in Spanish"

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InmaKwiziq Head of Spanish, Native Spanish Teacher

Hola Goo

You know that it is feminine because of the ending of the noun: vecina

Neighbour in Spanish is vecino (masculine) and vecina (feminine) - it's a regular noun with masculine ending -o and feminine ending -a.

Here's a lesson on regular nouns:

Saludos

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Goo S. asked:

where does it say person is female

Mi vecina es ________.My neighbour is Lebanese.(HINT: libanés = masculine form of adjective Lebanese)
and why are you talking about adjective.
Soy mexicana. means a human and I thing should be a noun. In dictionary it has as noun and when noun el or la is in front. So how am i suppose to know neighbor is female?libanéslibaneselibanadalibanesa

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