Gender across particular international borders

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Gender is another Latin word (genes) meaning gender, genre or class. Nouns in English are classified as male, femininePrayed neutral. The term has nothing to do with sexual characteristics, masculinity and femininity. It is an arbitrary classification in which words are conveniently introduced in order to determine what pronoun to use in place of the noun when deemed necessary. The genus could also be classified as Group I (for masculine), Group II (for feminine), and Group III (for neutral). They could also have been groups with letters as in one BY against. Or each could have been represented by fruits, vegetables, meats, planets, minerals, or atomic elements. Whatever the reason, we have to live with what we have. Nouns are grouped by gender.

Examples:

man (masculine)

niece (feminine)

woman (feminine)

nephew (male)

brigantine (neutral)

dick (neutral)

indigestion (neutral)

omphaloskepsis (neutral)

god (masculine)

goddess (female)

king (masculine)

queen (feminine)

baroness (feminine)

sterility (neutral)

What determines gender? Some words by their essence suggest gender. Mother, daughter, sister, and all other female relatives are of the female gender; father, son, brother, and all other male relatives are inherently male. in the animal kingdom [which includes mankind somewhere near the top], there are males and females so designated by their masculine or feminine characteristics. Some nouns seem to fit all three genders in some way.

Some words are simply defined as male:

dog (seen up close to verify)

Lion

stallion

Some words are naturally feminine:

bitch (seen up close to verify)

lioness (indicated by suffix)

pond (completely new word)

Some words indicate neutral gender by definition:

dog (too far to determine the characteristics of the genus)

cat (general family, genus and species)

castrated (modified male)

Then there are those words that have the same spelling for all three genders thus leaving the determination to the description or modifiers.

bird

snake

parrot

majesty

creature

fish

Some words simply leave no clue as to which pronoun would be the appropriate replacement if the natural gender [grammatical sex?] They were the determining factor.

Ocean: The expanding ocean stirs its (its) waves and splashes its (its) dew along the shore.

Baby: Oh, what a cute baby. What is her (her? his?) name?

Boat: The sloop I sail has beautiful lines; her sails flutter like clouds in the sky.

Darling: The stars in the sky make his (her) beauty much more impressive. [Can sky be plural? According to the song America, we have… for spacious skies… ]

To be or not to be: what is gender?

English allows a great deal of leeway in determining which gender is assigned to a noun and its always corresponding pronoun. Foreign languages ​​are less forgiving, as you will soon see. To determine gender, take a close look at the noun. Does it have characteristics that can be naturally associated with a specific gender? If so, assign it that gender, male for male and female for female. Everything else is neutral. The need to know is only important when it becomes necessary to use a pronoun instead of the noun.

Example:

horse: That horse has won more races than any other. (He… , She… , It… ) is definitely my choice to be included in tonight’s trifecta.

What pronoun should be used to replace horse as the subject of the second sentence?

Hears implies that you know the horse is male.

She assume the horse is female.

It’s ignore either option and reveal that you know nothing about the horse’s gender.

Any of the three options would be acceptable and understandable in English. look how easy East language is? Foreign languages ​​require you to know the gender of the horse before substituting a pronoun. in english you could say Horse and substitute any of the three pronouns; in Spanish, the word for horse, horses, is masculine and requires a masculine pronoun; in German, the same horse is Pferd, a neuter noun, and requires a neuter pronoun. Indicators in Spanish and German (definite or indefinite main articles) indicate the gender that applies.

Foreign application (German):

Use of foreign Romance languages gender Y number to determine which item goes with it. Rather, the article describes the type of noun that follows, whether singular or plural, masculine, feminine, or neuter. What comes first, the article or the noun? They must arrive at the same time as inseparable entities.

When a German says: “Of…”, it can be inferred that a masculine singular noun will follow.

When a Spaniard begins with, “The ace…”one would expect a feminine plural noun to follow.

When an Englishman says: “Tea… “, nobody knows what to expect next. It can be masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural. The opening word gives no clue as to what to expect. It’s an airdrop that just requires consistency to make the app understandable.

Notice the conditions in the next section that make the German genre so difficult. Compare those conditions with the English genre and take a deep breath of relief that the English genre is so simple.]

Foreign application, German Gender:

There are specific conditions governing the gender of German nouns.

1. The natural Y grammarian gender are identical:

has) Family relationships: male members are masculine; female members are female.

b) activities: those carried out by men are masculine; those performed by women are feminine. [Those performed by both have their own nouns and genders.]

2. Grammatical gender sometimes contradictory natural gender:

has) GirlY Miss (expected to be female) are neutral

b) Victim Y little boy (that should be meter Prayed F only) are neutral.

against) Diminutiveregardless of natural gender, are neutral.

d) animals they follow their natural genus unless the reference is to species. So the reference is neutral.

3. compound nouns have gender determined by the last (last) part of the word.

4. Gender that is determined by rules that govern groups [again, the powers that be]:

a) The months, the days of the week and the cardinal points are masculine.

Goal, Spring is neutral

b) Nouns derived from strong verbs and mountains are masculine.

Goal, The Matterhorn is neutral

c) Nouns ending in: -ig, -ling, -ant, -er, -ismus, -or they are masculine.

Goal, restaurant is neutral

d) nouns with derived Latin endings: -ion, -anz, -enz, -ie, -ik, -ur, -age, -ette they are feminine.

e) Nouns ending in: –keit, -heit, -ei, -schaft, -ung, -t,_t, -nis they are feminine.

f) The nouns that name airplanes and ships are feminine.

g) Place names from continents to cafes, chemicals ending in -in Prayed -olthe letters of the alphabet and diminutives are neuter.

I) Nouns taken from infinitives or ending in: -um, -ment, -ett, -icht they are neutral.

5. Some nouns are spelled the same way and have the same meaning but different genders.

a) Liter, meter (m/n) can be anything. But, kilometer is only masculine.

b) Crystal (m/n) can be any when referring to the mineral.

Some nouns change meaning when gender changes:

a) der Alp – ghost; die Alp – grassland on a mountain [How afraid could one be on Halloween upon seeing die Alp.]

b) der Band – volume; das Band – tape, ligament, conveyor belt, link

c) der Laster – truck; das Laster – vice [Imagine watching das Miami Laster.]

d) der Otter – otter; die otter – viper

e) See Lake; die See – sea

Foreign Application, Spanish

All nouns in Spanish are masculine or feminine as indicated by the definite or indefinite article that precedes them. But, if you don’t know which article precedes the noun, there must be some other system for determining gender. There are. Consider the following:

1. Masculine nouns end in -either, with some exceptions.

book – the book, the books

coat – the coat, the coats

agreement – the agreement, the agreements

2. Feminine nouns end in -a, -ción, -sión, -dad, -tad, -tud, -umbre, -ez.

perch – the hanger, the hangers

family – family, families

generation – management, generations

3. Nouns ending in -entity, -ist, -cid, -ante, etc. they are masculine or feminine depending on the reference, but the ending does not change gender; only the item does.

the dentist – the dentist, the dentists; the dentist, the dentists

the artist- the artist, the artists; the artist, the artists

the student – the student, the students; the student, the students

4. Some masculine nouns and some feminine nouns end in -me.

area

it ticks

people

milk

5. Some nouns that end in -either they are feminine.

hand

6. Some nouns that end in -has they are masculine.

the day

the map

7. Some nouns are generally considered masculine but have a feminine form.

the Guardian

the sentinel

8. Nouns of Greek origin that end in -has they are masculine even though they appear feminine.

the drama

the topic

9. Abstract nouns formed from adjectives are neuter and take the article Hears.

how beautiful

long

10. Abstract nouns ending in –us are feminine, unless there is a suffix augmentation; So they are female.

11. The letters of the alphabet, phonetic sounds and symbols are feminine.

12. Some nouns are masculine or feminine without change of meaning.

he or her sugar

the gold the sea

13. Some nouns change meaning depending on their apparent gender.

the guide – the guide

the guide – the directory

capital – money

the capital – the capital (government)

Spanish grammar implies the same correlation of articles, gender, number, and case as English and German, but it is less restrictive than German and more restricted than English. The alphabets in all three languages ​​are similar for the most part, with German and Spanish adding a few extra letter combinations for some special sound effects. It’s still a horror wedding.