Genders of Nouns: Feminine

Feminine

are those having the qualities or appearance considered to be typical of women; connected with women.

The Feminine gender indicate words that specify the female gender. In contrast with masculine, all words that names the female individual are all feminine in gender.

Observe this chart for a quick grasp:

Looking at the previous chart of the masculine gender, we can now see the different names we call each gender. Observe this chart:

*Take note that feminine are used only for female gender species. Compare masculine with feminine for a more contrasting view. There are many words that separate the two genders but there is also a notion that discriminating words are to be avoided. Words like landlord and landlady, should be addressed as landowner or innkeeper.

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Kinds of Pronouns: Reflexive & Intensive Pronouns

are pronouns having the same form but different in usage. Reflexive pronouns acts as 'direct object' of the verb or 'object of the preposition' in a sentence if the receiver of the action is the subject itself. It merely reflects the subject . Intensive pronoun emphasizes the subject . It requires to be beside an antecedent or the noun it intensifies. In short, it intensifies the subject of the sentence. Let us study this chart to see the difference between the two.

Cases of Nouns: Objective (Accusative) Case

Objective (Accusative) is the category of nouns serving as the direct object of a verb. When we say object, objective case or object of the preposition we are not talking about something tangible or the literal object or thing . We refer to them as one that receives the action . In short, words that receives the action are in objective case . We can call it the recipient . Observe this chart for the position and characteristics of words or group of words in objective case.

Numbers of Nouns: Plural

Plural is a word of, relating to, or constituting a class of grammatical forms usually used to denote more than one or in some languages more than two . Plural stands for many. If you are referring to several persons thing or events , then use the plural form of the noun. There are several ways in forming the plural form of nouns. Generally you add 's' after the word to form the plural, in other cases you add 'es', and still in others, you would totally change the word. Here is a chart of the rules you can follow to change a noun to its plural form: Let us take a look at the difference of singular and plural nouns: *Take note that there are no rules stating when a word needs to be totaly changed to form its plural, you have to familiarize yourself with that word. In short, the more you read, the more words you encounter, the more you get to familiarize. Stay on track for the next lesson! Bite size lessons only here at Laguagebites™

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