2006-09-29 15:08:46 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Primary & Secondary Education
We don't have genders of nouns in English, hon. Other languages do, though, like Spanish, French, and Italian.
What it means is that certain nouns are considered "masculine" or "feminine" or "neuter" and you have to use the same gender when you put them together with an adjective or indefinite article like "the".
An example would be "la casa" in Spanish which is "the house" and is a "feminine" noun and its indefinite article "the"
el-- shows masculine in Spanish
la -- shows feminine in Spanish
le-- shows masculine in French
la-- shows feminine in French
do you see?
2006-09-29 15:13:41 · answer #1 · answered by desperatehw 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In English there are no genders for nouns. Other languages have them, though. For example in French you need to know whether a noun is masculine or feminine so that you know which article (masculine "le" or feminine "la") to use in front of the noun. There are both singular and plural forms of all of these as well.
2006-09-29 15:37:37 · answer #2 · answered by happygirl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English doesn't have gender.
2006-09-29 15:16:02 · answer #3 · answered by quickblur 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my english - isn't my mother language...
you are lucky not learning Hebrew...
2006-09-29 15:13:39 · answer #4 · answered by eli a 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋