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Gender The characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviours and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy, as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time.

Gender in English Grammar - Explore Meaning, Definition and Examples In the                                         nouns and                                                 pronounsimes, it is just the change in one or two letters in the word, an addition of two or more letters to the noun, and in other cases, the masculine and feminine genders are two totally different words. Go through the article to learn the meaning and definition of gender in. Furthermore, check out the examples to learn about thEnglish grammar e different genders.

Gender indicates whether a particular noun or pronoun is masculine, feminine or neuter. Though most nouns in the English language do not have a gender(neuter gender), there are nouns related to people and animals which have different genders. According to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, the term ‘gender’ is defined as “each of the classes (masculine, feminine, and sometimes neuter) into which nouns, pronouns, and adjectives are divided; the division of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives into these different genders. Different genders may have different endings, etc.” The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines gender as “a subclass within a grammatical class (such as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms”.

Gender of nouns can be classified as mescu feminine and neutertheneuter gender. Given below a l few examples of gender. Masculine Gender Examples • Man • Boy • Uncle • Lion • Fox Feminine Gender Examples • Girl • Queen • Cow • Niece • Hen Neuter Gender Examples • Box • Stone • Car • Mountain • River

Gender indicates whether a particular noun or pronoun is masculine, feminine or neuter. Though most nouns in the English language do not have a gender, there are nouns related to people and animals which have different genders.

According to the Oxford Learner’s Dictionary, the term ‘gender’ is defined as “each of the classes (masculine, feminine, and sometimes neuter) into which nouns, pronouns, and adjectives are divided; the division of nouns, pronouns, and adjectives into these different genders. Different genders may have different endings, etc.” The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines gender as “a subclass within a grammatical class (such as noun, pronoun, adjective, or verb) of a language that is partly arbitrary but also partly based on distinguishable characteristics (such as shape, social rank, manner of existence, or sex) and that determines agreement with and selection of other words or grammatical forms”.

Here are a few examples of gender for your reference. • Man – woman • Boy – girl • Chairman – chairwoman • Stallion – mare • Buck – doe • Cock – hen Noun: Gender (Basic)

Common Gender A noun that can denote both male and female gender is said to be of a common gender. For example: person, parent, enemy, servant, neighbour

Neuter Gender A noun that denotes a thing that is neither male nor female is said to be of a neuter gender. For example: leaf, fruit, pencil, paper

Masculine Nouns A noun that denotes a male person or animal is said to be of the masculine gender. For example: boy, king, bull

Feminine Gender A noun that denotes a female person or animal is said to be of the feminine gender. For example: girl, queen, cow

Formation of Feminine Nouns by Using Different Words Feminine nouns may be formed by using entirely different words from masculine nouns. For example: Masculine - husband; Feminine - wife Masculine - bull; Feminine - cow Masculine - king; Feminine - queen

Formation of Feminine Nouns by Adding a Syllable Without Dropping a Vowel Feminine nouns may be formed from the masculine by adding a syllable (such as -ess, -ine, -trix, -a, etc) without dropping the vowel of the masculine ending. For example: Masculine - author; Feminine - authoress Masculine - poet; Feminine - poetess Masculine - shepherd; Feminine - shepherdess Masculine - hero; Feminine - heroine Masculine - testator; Feminine - testatrix Masculine - czar; Feminine - czarina

Formation of Feminine Nouns by Adding a Syllable and Dropping a Vowel Feminine nouns may be formed by adding a syllable (-ess, -ine, -trix, -a, etc) after dropping the vowel of the masculine ending. For example: Masculine - actor; Feminine - actress Masculine - tiger; Feminine - tigress Masculine - duke; Feminine - duchess

Formation of Feminine Nouns by Placing a Word Before or After A feminine noun may be formed by placing a word before or after the word. For example: Masculine - grandfather; Feminine - grandmother Masculine - landlord; Feminine - landlady Masculine - salesman; Feminine - saleswoman

Changing Masculine Nouns To Feminine Nouns By Other Means There are different ways in which we may change the gender of the noun from masculine to feminine. One such way is by adding the word 'she' before the noun. For example: she-goat, she-wolf.

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