Published October 21, 2016 | Version v1
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THE GENDER OF COUNTABLE AND UNCOUNTABLE NOUNS

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  • 1. Prof. Asoc. Dr., Faculty of Philology, University of Prizren, Prizren, Kosova
  • 2. Mr. sc., University of Prizren, Prizren, Kosova

Description

In Albanian and English we have three kinds of gender: masculine, feminine and neuter.  In Albanian language we have this concept for gender: “Gjinia është një nga kategoritë gramatikore më karakteristikë për emrat në gjuhën shqipe. Nga natyra e saj, ajo dallohet nga kategoritë e tjera të emrit, nga numri, rasa dhe nga kategoritë e shquarsisë dhe të pashquarsisë, sepse i kundërvihet mashkullore-femërore dhe asnjanëse...”[1], it’s same and with English: “a grouping of nouns and pronouns into classes’ masculine, feminine and neuter”[2]. The gender can show and function in both of numbers singular and plural. The nouns of masculine, feminine can ends with consonants or vowels. The gender (definite) of English are augmented with articles. It can show before the noun, pronoun that can substituted with pronoun /ai, ajo – he, she / or ky, kjo, ai, ajo – it (father, man, son, boy, Tom, brother, Mr. John, /he/). The noun and pronoun can have the gender but the adjective or verb cannot have.

 

[1] Fatmir Agallari, Gramatika e gjuhës shqipe, Tiranë, 2002, p.88.

[2] A S Hornby, Christina Ruse, Oxford student’s dictionary of current English, New York, 2001, p. 263.

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