Gender / Noun Class Tag
What grammatical class does this noun belong to?
Significado
A grammatical category such as masculine/feminine/neuter or a noun class that can affect articles, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, or agreement.
Como identificar
Notice whether nouns carry a class that other words must match.
Exemplos
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
Visão do idioma
No seu idioma nativo
Nouns are masculine or feminine, and gender affects articles, adjectives, pronouns, and some participles.
o livro, a mesa
the book, the table
No seu idioma de aprendizado
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.
Usually lighter in your learning language
Do not over-transfer this pattern from your own language. It is often less explicit in your learning language.