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Can you have those rare examples of masculine and feminine nouns?
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∙ 13y ago
amour, délice et orgue, and aigle are the traditional exceptions in French (the singular being masculine, the plural feminine).
It is also widely accepted to use a feminine form for occupations (un professeur, une professeur).
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Nouns ending in a is feminine?
Not in English. In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female. A number of the languages from which English nouns come to us have masculine and feminine forms and in some of those languages, feminine nouns do end with a.
How does one say the word those in Spanish?
estos or estas depending on if the things you are talking about are feminine or masculine nouns
What are example of masculine and feminine words?
In English, almost all nouns (with the obvious exception of some proper nouns) are genderless. In languages where nouns do have gender, it's very nearly random. A word which is masculine in one language may well be feminine in another. Even within a single language, you generally just have to "know" which words are which. In French, nouns which take the adjective "Le" are masculine while those which take the adjective "La" are feminine.
Is television a masculine or feminine word?
lol neither. only those..romance languages have nouns with genders. It's just a smart word. ============= In French, it's a feminine word : la télévision, une télévision.
Where can i find a List of feminine words?
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for a male or a female, such as male and female.Some examples of gender nouns are:mother and fatherrooster and henwoman and manpeacock and peahenaunt and unclebuck and doesister and brotherking and queengirl and boyson and daughternanny goat and billy goatgroom and bride
What are the two genders of nouns in spanish?
Latin nouns are either masculine, feminine or neuter. The nominative case generally indicates gender, e.g., nouns that end in -us are masculine, those that end in -a are feminine and those that end in -um are neuter. Not all nouns follow this rule, but many do.
What are masculine nouns and feminine nouns?
Masculine nouns are nouns that refer to male beings or objects, while feminine nouns refer to female beings or objects. The gender of nouns can vary between languages, with some languages having additional genders like neuter.
What do you mean by nutar nouns?
I don't know of the word "nutar," but "neuter," pronounced the same, refers in some languages to a gender category: "neither masculine nor feminine." Remember, there is no real grammatical gender among nouns in English. There are masculine (he,him,his), feminine (she,her,hers) and neuter (it,its) pronouns. The masculine and feminine agree with nouns indicating, respectively, male or female animate beings. Neuter pronouns agree with inanimate nouns. You can call those nouns neuter if you like, but, apart from pronoun agreement, the category has practically no significance. Not all nouns with neuter pronoun agreement should be called neuter. Names of animate nouns of indeterminate sex - cat, dog - are not neuter, but can take a neuter pronoun, (or a masc. or fem. if you happen to know the sex of your particular cat or dog.
What is the masculine form of the word goose?
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.The noun for a female goose is goose.The noun for a male goose is gander.
What is the difference between estos and estas?
"Estos" is the masculine plural form of "this/these" in Spanish, while "estas" is the feminine plural form. So, "estos" would be used for masculine nouns and "estas" for feminine nouns when referring to multiple items.
Is the English work of art a masculine or feminine noun?
No. In English, there's no such thing as gendered nouns in the sense that those exist in most other European languages (there are sex-differentiating nouns, like "cow" vs. "bull", but from a grammatical standpoint they're treated identically).
What is the gender of heir in English grammar?
There is no gender in the English noun. All English nouns are of common gender, even those denoting specifically male or female creatures. t's masculine (male). In feminine (female), it's heiress.
