Gender / Noun Class Tag
What grammatical class does this noun belong to?
Signification
A grammatical category such as masculine/feminine/neuter or a noun class that can affect articles, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, or agreement.
Comment le repérer
Notice whether nouns carry a class that other words must match.
Exemples
masculine|feminine|neuter|class noun
la casa roja|der Mann|une table
The adjective changes to match the noun.
Visual guide
Noun has a class tag: casa [feminine] Matching words copy it: la casa roja la = feminine article roja = feminine adjective Class → agreement
Class systems vary: No class: no tag to match Gender: masc/fem/neut der Mann, une table Many classes: class 1/2/... Agreement may affect: article adjective pronoun verb
Vue par langue
Dans votre langue
Nouns are masculine or feminine, affecting articles, adjectives, pronouns, and some agreements.
Le petit livre est bleu.
The small book is blue.
Dans la langue d’apprentissage
Arabic has pervasive masculine/feminine gender affecting nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs and demonstratives.
هذه الطالبة مجتهدة.
This female student is hardworking.
Learners may ignore feminine agreement or treat gender as only lexical.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.