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Which countries are masculine or feminine?
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female, such as male and female. In other languages, genders do exist, but the gender of a specific country depends on the given language.The names of countries are neuter nouns, words for a thing that has no gender.
What is masculine and feminine genders in English?
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.Some examples of nouns for a male:manfathersonunclebrotherbullcockbuckboarganderSome examples of nouns for a female:womanmotherdaughterauntsistercowhendoesowgooseAnother group is the common gender nouns, words that are for a male or a female; for example:personparentrelativesiblingfriendneighborhorsedogbearbuffalo
What does elles mean in english?
It means "they" referring to a feminine plural noun. French nouns have masculine or feminine genders. "Elles" is the plural form of "She".
Why are nouns seen as masculine or feminine?
They are not. In those languages that preserve grammatical gender, it is purely a matter of form, not of meaning, and it is unrelated to physical gender. In French the word for a soldier on sentry duty is la sentinelle. As a feminine noun, sentinelle always takes the pronoun "elle," which is usually translated "she" in English, but would be "he" in this case. In Japanese, there are different number systems for counting various kinds of things, and these differences amount to genders - eight of 'em.There is no gender in the English noun. English used to have 3 grammatical genders. The Old English word wif, meaning wife, is neuter, but not because anyone thought wives are sexless. In Germanic languages, all diminutives are neuter; in Arabic, most plurals 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.
What is the gender of knife?
Words in English - as opposed to other languages - do not have a gender attached to them.
Can you list 500 unfamiliar genders of nouns?
Not in English. There is no gender in the English noun.
What are masculine nouns and feminine nouns?
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)
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.
Is pencil masculine or feminine?
English does not use genders for specific words.
What gender has the noun education?
Most nouns in the English language, including education, do not have genders.
Which countries are masculine or feminine?
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female, such as male and female. In other languages, genders do exist, but the gender of a specific country depends on the given language.The names of countries are neuter nouns, words for a thing that has no gender.
What is masculine and feminine genders in English?
In English there are no masculine or feminine forms. English uses gender specific nouns for male or female.Some examples of nouns for a male:manfathersonunclebrotherbullcockbuckboarganderSome examples of nouns for a female:womanmotherdaughterauntsistercowhendoesowgooseAnother group is the common gender nouns, words that are for a male or a female; for example:personparentrelativesiblingfriendneighborhorsedogbearbuffalo
What is the feminine and masculine gender of hare?
The term "hare" does not have distinct feminine and masculine genders in the English language. In English, nouns do not typically have gendered forms like some other languages. Instead, pronouns such as "she" and "he" are used to indicate gender when referring to living beings.
How many genders of noun are there in englishgrammar?
In English, we don't have separate genders for nouns like they do in French, Italian, Spanish, etc.They are genderless as they are all usually preceded by a, an, the or a number.
Is telephone masculine?
In many languages, nouns have grammatical genders, and "telephone" is often classified as masculine in languages like French ("le téléphone") and Italian ("il telefono"). However, in English, nouns do not have gendered classifications, so "telephone" is considered neutral. The concept of grammatical gender varies by language, so whether "telephone" is seen as masculine depends on the language in question.
What are the gender of noun?
The gender of a noun is a way to cetegorize words. In German grammar for instance, there are three genders: masculinum, femininum and neutrum.The gender of a word affects how it is used and referenced in sentences and does not nescessarily have anything to do with the meaning of a word. In fact the German word Mädchen (girl) is considered neutrum.
