Hello Everyone ,I am Niharika and welcome back to a new lesson. In today's lesson we
are gonna look at gender nouns. Yes,what comes to your mind when you talk about gender classification?
Well the common gender classification categories are masculine and feminine. Masculine nouns
are words related to men or boys where as feminine gender nouns are related to terms
or words related to girl or females or women.
So we are gonna look at these specific terms
and of course they are gender nouns SO, what words are used when we talk about
boys, males or men and what terms we use when we talk about girls,females or women?
Let's get started The first one Actor, So who is an Actor? Well, an Actor is a performer
or who acts in TV soaps or films or theatre. So a male performer is called an Actor whereas
a female performer is called as an Actress. So who is your favourite Actor or who is your
favourite Actress? Do let me know. The other one that I have for you here is bachelor.
Well, bachelor is the lucky one. So who is a bachelor? Well an unmarried man.
So a boy or a man who is not married yet, he is called a bachelor whereas a girl who
is not married yet, who is unmarried is called as bachelorette. A young woman who is not
married yet is called as bachelorette, however a little older woman who is unmarried is called
as spinster. So you got that? so yes, the lucky one if
its a boy, unmarried boy is a bachelor and unmarried girl or woman is bachelorette or
spinster. Let's look at another term Bridegroom. SO Bridegroom is one word which is used for
a man who is getting married. SO the man whose getting married is the lucky one, again! Wow
he's getting married, he;s a bridegroom. In English you either call him as a bridegroom
or you can just the term groom. He's the groom. The boy who is getting married. And then what
about the girl whose getting married? The beautiful bride.
SO for females who are getting married are called as brides. They look beautiful and
absolutely stunning because it's their wedding day. The next one God. The super power that
we worship. So if it is a male super power that we worship, the ruler of the universe
is called God where as the female super power we worship too is Goddess. So you got the
difference, the gender classification. The next one nephew. Who is nephew? Your adorable
nephew. Well, the son of one of your siblings. So, what I mean here is probably you have
a brother and he gets married and of course he has a son. So what is the relation between
you and the little one? He is your nephew. Or it's your sister who gets married and has
a baby, I am sorry who has a son then he is your nephew. But, if they have a baby girl
then she is your niece. Okay! SO niece is daughter of your siblings. The
next one is Poet. Poet, the creative writer, someone who writes poetry. I believe that
poets are very very romantic. Do you agree with me? Well, poet is of course who writes
poetry, so a male writer who writes poetry is called as poet where as the female writer
is called a poetess. So it's poet for the boys where as for the girls it's poetess.
The next one wizard. So who is a wizard? Well, a man with evil magical powers. So a man with
evil magical powers is called as wizard where as a female wears that black suit and pointed
hat and looks really evil and she flies on a broom, have you seen that before? Well,
she is a witch. So witch is a woman with evil magical powers. So the man is called wizard
whereas the evil woman is called a witch. The next one waiter.Well, a waiter is the
man who serves you at the restaurant. A boy who serves you is called a waiter whereas
a female or a girl who serves you at the restaurant is a waitress. Next one hero. Hero is the
lead actor of a film or of a TV soap or of theatre is a hero. So the male actor is hero.
whereas the female is called as heroine. So you got that difference? Hero is a male actor
whereas the female actress like we learnt here actress is called as heroine. And the
last one that I have for you here on the board is servant. Now servant can be used for the
boys and for the girls as well, the servants are the domestic help. The people who serve
us and they do lot of duties for us. So they are servants, so it can either be used for
a man as well as for a woman So you can say a male servant or a female servant. Whereas
maid is the term used for a female servant. Specifically only for a female servant or
a female domestic help is called as maid. So hope you got these, these are terms used
for gender classification. and now we are gonna look at some gender nouns which are
common for both. So here is a list for you with common gender nouns. SO be it a boy or
a girl doesn't matter its the same term that we use for both.
SO we have baby. In many countries I have heard that if it's a girl child then she is
called as baby and if it's a boy child then he is called as baba. That is incorrect. It
is baby. Be it a girl child or a boy child it is baby. And of course even when you talk
about your child it can be a girl or boy doesn't matter its the same term that we use and also
for infant. Infant is a baby who is less than two years old.
Little cute little baby is an infant. So again be it a boy or a girl doesn't matter
it is the same term that we use. Next one, friend. So who is a friend ? Friend is someone
that you can always depend on right ? And we all have friends. Now if you are talking
about your girlfriend or if you are talking about your boyfriend then yes you can specify
it, she's my girlfriend, he's my boyfriend. But in general when you are just talking about
friends then we do not have different terms its just the same noun that we use is friend.
Next one guest . Guests, the people who unexpectedly come to your house. Just kidding, guests are
the people who come to your house or visit you be it a female or male doesn't matter
they are guest. Next one passenger. now passenger is someone who is travelling .Passenger can
be a female passenger or a male passenger but its just the same term that we use for
both. Relative - Relative is someone whom you are related to, right! Relative be it
a female or a male they are your relatives. Next one student, yes you are my student.
Doesn't matter if you are a boy or a girl. It's the same term that I will use for you
- you are my student. Next one Teacher. I am your teacher. Yes I am a girl but even
if there was a boy trainer here he would be also called as a teacher or a trainer. So
be it a girl or a boy, the term that we use is Trainer. The next one guardian. Guardian
is someone who takes care of you or of little children. Guardian - Even if its a woman who
is taking care of you she is called a guardian and even if it's a male taking care he is
also called a guardian. Then the last one that I have for you is your cousin.Cousin
is also your relative. not your siblings but - like if it's your aunt then your aunts daughter
is your cousin. And if it's your aunt and her son is also your cousin. So be it a girl
or a boy they are your cousins. So these are the most common ones that I have picked up
and these are the same terms that we use for girls and boys. So hope that's clear to you
just go through it and I'll be back with a new lesson soon,
till then you take care & have a great day