What is Genders? Know more about Grammar Gender

 

GRAMMAR → GENDERS

WHAT IS GENDERS → A gender of noun indicates whether a person or animal we are referring to is male or female.

There are 4 types of genders:

1] MASCULINE GENDER → A noun that refers to a male is said to be of the masculine gender.

EXAMPLE: boy, father, king, grandfather, etc.

2] FEMININE GENDER → A noun that refers to a female is said to be of feminine gender.

EXAMPLE: girl, mother, queen, grandmother, etc.

3] COMMON GENDER → A noun that is used to refer to both male and female is said to be of the common gender.

EXAMPLE: student, doctor, patient, teacher, etc.

4] NEUTER GENDER → A noun that denotes a non-living thing, which is neither masculine or feminine is said to be of the neuter gender.

EXAMPLE: book, table, umbrella, pen, etc.

MASCULINE	FEMININE
1)                 Brother	Sister
2)                  Uncle	Aunt
3)                   Cock	Hen
4)                   Hero	Heroine
5)                   King	Queen
6)                   Poet	Poetess
7)                 Milkman	Milkmaid
8)                    Sir	Madam
9)                 Nephew	Niece
10)             Son-in-law	Daughter-in-law
11)               Gander	Goose
12)                Horse	Mare
13)                 Bull	Cow
14)               Master	Mistress
15)               Groom	Bride