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Gender - Masculine, Feminine, Neuter: The Table Below Shows Some Nouns Which Belong To The Three Genders

This document discusses the three grammatical genders - masculine, feminine, and neuter - as applied to nouns and pronouns in language. Masculine nouns refer to males, feminine nouns refer to females, and neuter nouns refer to objects, plants, and animals. Examples are given of nouns and their corresponding pronouns for each gender category, as well as notes that some nouns like "teacher" are common gender and can refer to both males and females.

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Gender - Masculine, Feminine, Neuter: The Table Below Shows Some Nouns Which Belong To The Three Genders

This document discusses the three grammatical genders - masculine, feminine, and neuter - as applied to nouns and pronouns in language. Masculine nouns refer to males, feminine nouns refer to females, and neuter nouns refer to objects, plants, and animals. Examples are given of nouns and their corresponding pronouns for each gender category, as well as notes that some nouns like "teacher" are common gender and can refer to both males and females.

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Gender - Masculine, Feminine, Neuter

Both nouns and pronouns have three genders - masculine, feminine and neuter.
In the first picture we see a man. A man belongs to masculine gender.
In the second picture we see a woman. A woman belongs to feminine gender.
In the third picture we see a chair. A chair belong to neuter gender.
The table below shows some nouns which belong to the three genders.
masculine gender
feminine gender
neuter gender
uncle, nephew, father, grand aunt, niece, mother, grand
table, book, pen,
father, lion, elephant,
mother, lioness, she-elephant,
pencil, chair, car
peacock.
peahen.
The table below shows the pronouns which are part of the three genders.
masculine gender
feminine gender
neuter gender
he, his, him
she, her
it, its
All plants, trees and flowers belong to the neuter gender. The pronouns it and its
which belong to the neuter gender are often used to refer to animals and birds. For
eg. This is a dog. It barks loudly.
All non-living beings are part of the neuter gender.

The Common Gender


Nouns which belong to the common gender can be either male or female.
For eg. teacher. You can have either a male teacher or female teacher.

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