Gender / Noun Class Tag
What grammatical class does this noun belong to?
Maana
A grammatical category such as masculine/feminine/neuter or a noun class that can affect articles, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, or agreement.
Jinsi ya kuitambua
Notice whether nouns carry a class that other words must match.
Mifano
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
Mtazamo wa lugha
Katika lugha yako
Arabic has pervasive masculine/feminine gender affecting nouns, adjectives, pronouns, verbs and demonstratives.
هذه الطالبة مجتهدة.
This female student is hardworking.
Katika lugha unayojifunza
Every noun has grammatical gender, visible through articles and agreement.
der Tisch, die Lampe, das Haus
the table, the lamp, the house
Learners often need to learn nouns together with der, die or das.
Same block, different coding
Both languages use this block strongly, but they signal it differently. Focus on form changes, not only meaning.