Gender / Noun Class Tag
What grammatical class does this noun belong to?
含义
A grammatical category such as masculine/feminine/neuter or a noun class that can affect articles, adjectives, pronouns, verbs, or agreement.
如何识别
Notice whether nouns carry a class that other words must match.
示例
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
语言视角
用母语深入讲解
Mandarin nouns do not have grammatical gender or noun classes. Written third-person pronouns distinguish he/she/it, but they are pronounced the same.
他、她、它都读作 tā。
tā, tā, tā are all pronounced tā
在所学语言中
英语主要用自然性别：代词 he、she、they 等根据人或动物的实际性别或身份选择；普通名词本身通常没有“阳性/阴性/中性”这类固定语法类别。
The actor said he was ready.
he 按自然性别指代 actor，表示这个 actor 是男性；这不是因为 actor 这个名词有固定语法性别。
来自有名词性别语言的学习者可能会想给每个英语名词分性别，或把冠词、形容词按性别变化；英语通常不这样做。
Good transfer potential
This block behaves relatively similarly, so you can transfer intuition more safely between the two languages.