Rabu, 10 Juni 2015

Grammatical Gender


Gender can be regarded as a sub-category of grammatical flexion language capable of distinguishing the sexes. Grammatical subcategories related to sex is a form of masculine and feminine. While that does not, is related to neuter or neutral form
The term gender means the classification of words according to gender is feminine noun that refers to the female sex or female and masculine noun that refers to the word sex male or female.
  • Masculine gender shows gender male. Examples masculine noun: boy (laki-laki), brother (saudara laki-laki), bull (banteng), cock (ayam jantan) colt (anak kuda jantan), father (ayah), stallion (kuda jantan), husband (suami), king (raja), man (pria), son (anak laki-laki), and uncle (paman).
  • Feminine gender shows the female sex. Examples feminine noun: girl (gadis), sister (saudara perempuan), cow (sapi betina), hen (ayam betina), filly (anak kuda betina), mother (ibu), mare (kuda betina), wife (istri), queen (ratu), woman (wanita), daughter (anak perempuan), dan aunt (bibi). 
  • Common gender shows both sexes. Examples of common nouns gender: birds (burung), cattle (sapi), children (anak-anak), citizens (warga), driver (supir), friend (teman), lawyer (pengacara), neighbor (tetangga), parents (orang tua), relative (saudara), singer (penyanyi), dan worker (pekerja).
  • Neuter gender shows something that does not have sex. Examples of neuter gender nouns: book (buku), cabinet (lemari), city (kota), desk (meja tulis), house (rumah), ink (tinta), lamp (lampu), pen (pena), river (sungai), tree (pohon).  

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