GENDER OF NOUNS

The Noun-Gender tells us about the classification of the noun.
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.
Masculine gender nouns are words for men, boys, and male animals.

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-gendernouns.
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.
Feminine gender nouns are words for women, girls and female animals.

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-gendernouns.
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 common-gender nouns.

Common gender nouns are nouns that are used for both males and females.

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.

Neuter gender nouns are words for things that are not alive.

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.