The meaning of genders.

The table below shows some nouns which belong to the three genders.

masculine gender	feminine gender	neuter gender
uncle, nephew, father, grand father, lion, elephant, peacock.	aunt, neice, mother, grand mother, lioness, she-elephant, peahen.	table, book, pen, pencil, chair, car, van, bus

The table below shows the pronouns which are part of the three genders.

masculine gender	feminine gender	neuter gender
he, his, him	she, her	it, its

All plants, trees and flowers belong to the neuter gender. The pronouns it and its which belong to the neuter gender are often used to refer to animals and birds. eg This is a dog. It barks loudly.

All non-living beings are part of the neuter gender.




Both nouns and pronouns have three genders - masculine, feminine neuter.

In the first picture we see a man. A man belongs to masculine gender.
In the second picture we see a woman. A woman belongs to feminine gender.
In the third picture we see a chair. A chair belong to neuter gender.