O two-gender common noun, also called common of two, is a kind of uniform noun. That is, one that presents only one term for both genders (male and female).
In this case, what differentiates one term from another is the article that accompanies the noun:
- o, one (male), for example: O artist.
- a, one (female), for example: The artist.
Another way to identify the gender of the noun of two genders is through the adjective that accompanies it, for example:
Driver has an accident on the road.
In this example, we were unable to identify whether we have a driver or a driver, since the phrase does not have a gender identification article.
Driver Argentine has an accident on the road.
After adding the adjective "Argentine" we have already identified that the driver who suffered the accident was male.
Examples of common nouns of two
- The artist; the artist
- The boss; the boss
- The client; the customer
- The colleague; the colleague
- The dentist; The dentist
- The student; the student
- The fan; the fan
- The manager; the manager
- The immigrant; the immigrant
- The interpreter; the interpreter
- The journalist; the journalist
- The young; the young woman
- The pianist; the pianist
- The cop; The police
- The servant; the servant
uniform nouns
In addition to the common of two genders, uniform nouns can be:
- supercommon noun: related to people, for example, the word "angel", used for both genders: Mariana is a person's angel; Ricardo is an angel who appeared in my life.
- Epicene noun: related to animals, is used with the terms "male" and "female" to identify: male snake; female snake.
Template Exercises
1. Which of the nouns below has only one gender?
the student
b) indigenous
c) martyr
d) journalist
e) witness
Alternative e) witness
2. Check the incorrect alternative:
a) the female jaguar is a type of epicene noun.
b) comrade is a common noun of two genders.
c) The feminine in the word chief is chief.
d) the witness is a supercommon noun
Alternative c) The feminine in the word boss is boss.
3. (UNEMAT) Tick the alternative where all nouns are masculine:
a) ghost - haunting - prophet
b) prophet - ghost - phone call
c) eclipse – lettuce – champagne
d) mascot - haunting - grass
e) lime – alligator – lettuce
Alternative b) prophet – ghost – phone call
read more:
- nouns
- Noun Gender Inflections
- Noun Degree Inflections
- Noun Number Inflections
- Noun Exercises