Understanding Gendered Nouns and Formation of Feminine Words
Explore the concepts of gendered nouns, identifying male and female words, and forming feminine versions of masculine nouns. Learn how nouns can be classified based on gender and how feminine forms are created from masculine words.
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Write names of your friends, parents, and siblings and people you come across. Now, divide the names into two groups depending on Male and Female gender. tiger, room, father, friend, pencil, book, cow, bull, lioness boy, wife, teacher, girl, Put these words into three groups
Male Female Other Other tiger wife teacher room boy girl friend pencil father cow, book bull lioness
1 Identification of Gender Nouns The names of all male of a species, person or animal, is the masculine gender. lion, bull, boy, father, tiger, king, etc. cow, mother, sister, queen, wife, lioness, girl, etc. The names of all females of a species denote feminine gender. friend, teacher, child, student, doctor, parent, engineer The names of nouns which can be used as both male and female belong to the common gender. Names of all non-living things including plants which cannot be categorized as male or female are called Neuter gender. pencil, box, room, flower, leaf, stem, house, cupboard,etc.
2 Formation of Feminine nouns The noun used in the sentence is a masculine gender noun. I love to play with my brother. I love to play with my sister. The noun used in the sentence is a feminine gender noun.
2 The feminine of a noun can be formed from the masculine by adding words like ess . Masculine Feminine lion lioness mayor mayoress host hostess God goddess emperor empress actor actress
The gender can be changed from masculine to feminine by changing the suffix or prefix. 2 Masculine Feminine milk man milk lady grandfather grandmother landlord landlady peacock peahen manservant maidservant
The gender can be changed from masculine to feminine by changing the suffix or prefix. 2 Masculine Feminine milk man milk lady grandfather grandmother landlord landlady peacock peahen manservant maidservant
2 Others can be completely different words: Masculine Feminine Masculine Feminine wife husband bull cow fox vixen Sister brother son daughter wizard witch uncle aunt lord lady king queen man woman nephew niece
2 The lion was in the den with his cubs. The lioness was in the den with her cubs. My sister is busy with her studies. My brother is busy with his college. In order to change the gender of the noun, we need to change the pronoun in the sentences.
2 A. Rewrite the sentences by changing the gender to the feminine. 1. My husband takes our sons to school everyday. _______________________________________________________
1. My husband takes our sons to school everyday. Ans - My wife takes our daughters to school everyday.
2 2. We saw a peacock and also a lion at the zoo. ________________________________________________________
2. We saw a peacock and also a lion at the zoo. Ans- We saw a peahen and also a lioness at the zoo.
2 3. The king ruled the kingdom with justice. ________________________________________________________
3. The king ruled the kingdom with justice. Ans- The queen ruled the kingdom with justice.
2 4. Our brother won the chess tournament. _________________________________________________________
4. Our brother won the chess tournament. Ans- Our sister won the chess tournament.
2 5. A fox had entered the village. _________________________________________________________
5. A fox had entered the village. Ans- A vixen had entered the village.
