GENDERS

In Grammar-Nouns, there are FOUR GENDERS.

1. Masculine gender:
A noun is said to be in the Masculine gender if it
refers to a male character or member of a species.
Man, lion, hero, boy, king, horse and actor are nouns
of masculine gender.
Example:
A boy is playing in the play-ground.
Hero of the movie is not a native of this country.
In these sentences the words boy and hero are
masculine-gender nouns.
The next in the Noun-Gender is feminine gender.
2. Feminine gender:
A noun is said to be in the feminine gender if it
refers to a female member of a species.
Woman, lioness, heroine, girl, mare, niece, empress,
cow and actress are few of the feminine-gender
nouns that we use.
Example:
A girl is playing in the play-ground.
Heroine of the movie is not a native of this
country.
In these sentences the words girl and heroine
are feminine-gender nouns.
The next in the Noun-Gender is common gender.
3. Common gender:
A noun is said to be in Common gender if it refers to
a member of species which can be a male or a
female.
Child, student, friend, applicant, candidate, servant,
member,

parliamentarian and leader are few of the commongender nouns.

Example:
A child is playing in the play-ground.
A Parliamentarian should have command over his
language.
In these sentences the words, child and
parliamentarian are nouns of common gender.
The next in the Noun-Gender is neuter gender.
4. Neuter gender:
A noun is said to be in the neuter gender if it refers
to a member of a species which is neither a male nor
a female.
Normally nouns referring to lifeless objects are in
neuter nouns.
Chair, table, tree, star, mountain, street, book, car,
school,
paper, pencil and computer are few of the neuter
nouns which We use regularly.
Example:
Computer has brought about drastic changes in our
lives.
Tree is cleansing the air.
Stars are not visible in the day-time.
Books are our best friends.
In these sentences the words, computer, tree,
stars and books are the neuter-gender nouns.

NOTE:

a. Collective nouns, even if they refer to livingbeings, are used as neuter-nouns.

Example:
i. The army is doing its task.
ii. The police are called to manage the situation.
In these sentences the nouns (army and police) refer
to only living-beings. But they are used only as
neuter-nouns.
b.Objects noted for their power, strength, and
violence are used as Masculine gender nouns.
The sun, summer, time, death etc are masculinegender nouns.
Example:
i. The sun is so scorching now that we can not go
out now to face him without an umbrella.
ii. The death is cruel. He is as certain as tomorrow.
In these sentences the words sun and death have
been used as Masculine-gender nouns.
c. Objects noted for their beauty, gentleness and
grace are used as feminine-gender nouns.
The moon, the earth, spring, charity etc are
feminine-gender nouns.
Example:
i. The moon is so bright at this time that she induces
romantic mood in us.
ii. The earth is patient. Her beauty is spoiled day-byday.
The masculine-genders and their respective
feminine-genders have been given below for your
reference.

Masculine genders-----Feminine genders

masculine
father
grandfather
Brother
uncle
Headmaster
nephew

feminine
Mother
Grandmother
Sister
Aunt
Headmistress
niece

King
prince
waiter
steward
Policeman
man
husband
son
boy
bridegroom
duke
emperor

Queen
Princess
Waitress
Stewardess
Policewoman
Woman
Wife
Daughter
Girl
Bride
Duchess
Empress

gentleman
heir
hero
bachelor

Lady
Heiress
Heroine
spinster

Take many pracitising exercises to become familiar

with the Noun-Gender. As you read books, note
down the various gender- forms of nouns that
you come across in those books. That is the
best method for you to know the difference among
the Noun-Genters.