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In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female, such as male and female.
Centuries ago, when England was invaded and occupied by different groups bringing their own languages, the people incorporated the languages of their conquerors into their native languages. They found that in those languages, some of the words were masculine in one but feminine in another. It became too confusing. Over time, the language became, more or less, gender neutral.
The genders in English have become:
- gender specific nouns for a male (father, king, stallion, ram)
- gender specific nouns for a female (mother, queen, mare, ewe)
- common gender nouns (parent, monarch, horse, sheep)
- neuter noun (hair, house, hope, hamburger)
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