MARCO SUCUPIRA LANGUAGE MATERIALS
There are four genders in English:
a) Masculine Gender
for words representing males: boy, man, duke, son.
b)
Feminine Gender
for words representing females: girl, woman, mother.
c)
Neuter Gender
for inanimate objects: table, book, umbrella, door.
d)
Common Gender
for either sex: student, reader, cousin, friend.
FORM:
The feminine can be formed:
1.
By adding "ss" to the masculine (sometimes
with other slight changes):
| MASCULINE | FEMININE |
| actor | actress |
| Baron | Baroness |
| Count | Countess |
| Duke | Duchess |
| Emperor | Empress |
| giant | giantess |
| heir | heiress |
| host | hostess |
| lion | lioness |
| manager | manageress |
| master | mistress |
| murderer | murderess |
| priest | priestess |
| Prince | Princess |
| poet | poetess |
| shepherd | shepherdess |
| steward | stewardess |
| tiger | tigress |
| waiter | waitress |
2. By use of different words:
| MASCULINE | FEMININE |
| bachelor | spinster |
| boy | girl |
| brother | sister |
| bull | cow |
| cock | hen |
| dog | bitch |
| drake | duck |
| father | mother |
| fox | vixen |
| friar | nun |
| gander | goose |
| gentleman | lady |
| horse | mare |
| husband | wife |
| King | Queen |
| lad | lass |
| lord | lady |
| lover | mistress |
| man | woman |
| monk | nun |
| nephew | nice |
| sir | lady, madam |
| son | daughter |
| tutor | governess |
| uncle | aunt |
| wizard | witch |
3. By prefixing or suffixing a word:
PERSON
| MASCULINE | FEMININE |
| boy-friend | girl-friend |
| grandfather | grandmother |
| great grandfather | great grandmother |
| grandson | granddaughter |
| great grandson | great granddaughter |
| father-in-law | mother-in-law |
| brother-in-law | sister-in-law |
| son-in-law | daughter-in-law |
| landlord | landlady |
| man-friend | woman-friend |
| manservant | maidservant |
| male-cousin | female-cousin |
| step-father | step-mother |
| step-son | step-daughter |
| Godfather | Godmother |
| Godson | Goddaughter |
ANIMALS
| MASCULINE | FEMININE |
| he | she |
| tom (cat) | tib (cat) |
| tom (elephant) | tib (elephant) |
| bull | cow |
BIRDS
| cock-sparrow | hen-sparrow |
| cock-pigeon | hen-pigeon |
| peacock | peahen |
4. Foreign feminines:
| MASCULINE | FEMININE |
| fiancé | fiancée |
| hero | heroine |
5. The only cases in which the masculine is formed from the feminine are:
| Masculine | Feminine |
| bridegroom | bride |
| widower | widow |
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