Gender / Noun Class Tag
What grammatical class does this noun belong to?
Makna
A grammatical category such as masculine/feminine/neuter or a noun class that can affect articles, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, or agreement.
Cara mengenalinya
Notice whether nouns carry a class that other words must match.
Contoh
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
Tinjauan bahasa
Dalam bahasa ibu Anda
Indonesian has no grammatical gender or noun classes.
Dia guru.
He/she teacher.
Dalam bahasa yang dipelajari
English has natural gender in many pronouns and some words, but nouns do not belong to a broad grammatical gender class system.
The actor said he was ready.
he = natural gender reference
Learners from gendered languages may look for noun gender where English usually has none.
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.