Feminine gender in Nouns

When do we call people who take orders at the restaurant and serve us as waitress and not waiter?

What about Ali who got engaged to Aminah recently? Is Aminah his fiancée or his fiancé?

If Sofea is our sister’s or brother’s daughter, should we call her our nephew or niece?

A bit confusing, isn’t it? In English there are terms that we should use only for the feminine and masculine gender..

Here is a list of nouns used only for the feminine gender..

Vocabulary List – Feminine Gender – Digunakan untuk menamakan perempuan sahaja.

 

	Bahasa Inggeris	Bahasa Melayu
1.	actress	pelakon wanita
2.	aunt / auntie	makcik / emak saudara
3.	businesswoman	ahli perniagaan wanita
4.	damsel	perempuan muda yang belum berkahwin
5.	daughter	anak perempuan
6.	dutchess	bangsawan (wanita)
7.	dressmaker	tukang jahit wanita
8.	empress	maharani /isteri maharaja
9.	fiancée	tunang wanita
10.	girl	budak perempuan
11.	girl scout	pegakap wanita
12.	girlfriend	teman wanita
13.	granddaughter	cucu perempuan
14.	grandmother	nenek
15.	great granddaughter	cicit perempuan
16.	great grandmother	moyang wanita
17.	bride	pengantin wanita
18.	headmistress	gurubesar wanita
19.	heiress	waris wanita
20.	heroine	srikandi /wirawati
21.	hostess	tuan rumah (wanita) / pengacara wanita
22.	lady	nama yang sopan untuk ‘woman’ terutamanya yang lebih tua. / gelaran ‘Lady’
23.	madam	puan
24.	manageress	pengurus perempuan
25.	mayoress	datuk bandar (wanita)
26.	mistress	tuan (wanita)
27.	mother	ibu
28.	niece	anak saudara wanita
29.	policewoman	polis wanita
30.	princess	puteri raja
31.	queen	ratu / permaisuri
32.	sister	kakak / adik perempuan
33.	stewardess	pramugari / pengelola
34.	waitress	pelayan wanita
35.	widower	balu
36.	wife	isteri
37.	woman	wanita

Words in the news – Woo

woo  The verb woo means to try to get the support of someone.

Mr Surakiart will work to woo support from middle-class voters.

“Political parties and their candidates have held meetings of canvassers and given them money to organise activities to woo voters,” he said.

AT&T Inc, the owner of the biggest US mobile-phone service, plans to woo corporate customers away from Verizon Wireless with a new handset that uses its fastest internet network and can handle heavy e-mail use.

Cambodia is wooing overseas companies to invest in oil exploration and power plants to ease electricity shortages and ensure energy supplies.

Source – http://readbangkokpost.com/wordoftheday/

Idioms for the day…

ace: make an “A” on a test, homework assignment, project, etc.

“Somebody said you aced the test, Dave. That’s great!”

all right (1): expression of reluctant agreement.

A: “Come to the party with me. Please!”
B: “Oh, all right. I don’t want to, but I will.”

all right (2): fair; not particularly good.

A: “How’s your chemistry class?”
B: “It’s all right, I guess, but it’s not the best class I’ve ever had.”

all right (3): unharmed; in satisfactory condition.

A: “You don’t look normal. Are you all right?”
B: “Yes, but I have a headache.”

and then some: and much more besides.

A: “I’d guess your new computer cost about $2,000. “
B: “It cost that much and then some because I also bought extra RAM and VRAM.”

antsy: restless; impatient and tired of waiting.

“I hope Katy calls soon. Just sitting around and waiting is making me antsy.”

as easy as pie: very easy.

“I thought you said this was a difficult problem. It isn’t. In fact, it’s as easy as pie.”

at the eleventh hour: at the last minute; almost too late.

“Yes, I got the work done in time. I finished it at the eleventh hour, but I wasn’t late.

Masculine gender Nouns.

This is a list of nouns for masculine gender that I can think of..The list might not be an exhaustive one so do email me if you know any other masculine gender nouns.

	Bahasa Inggeris	Bahasa Melayu
1.	actor	pelakon lelaki
2.	boy	budak lelaki
3.	boy scout	pegakap lelaki
4.	boyfriend	teman lelaki
5.	brother	abang / adik lelaki
6.	businessman	Ahli perniagaan lelaki
7.	duke	bangsawan (lelaki)
8.	emperor	maharaja
9.	father	ayah
10.	fireman	ahli bomba lelaki
11.	gentleman	lelaki budiman
12.	grandfather	datuk
13.	grandson	cucu lelaki
14.	great grandfather	moyang lelaki
15.	great grandson	cicit lelaki
16.	groom	pengantin lelaki
17.	heir	waris lelaki
18.	hero	Hero lelaki
19.	host	tuan rumah (lelaki) / pengacara lelaki
20.	husband	suami
21.	king	raja lelaki
22.	man	lelaki
23.	mayor	datuk bandar (lelaki)
24.	nephew	anak saudara lelaki
25.	policeman	polis lelaki
26.	prince	putera raja
27.	son	anak lelaki
28.	steward	pramugara / pengelola
29.	uncle	pakcik / bapa saudara
30.	waiter	pelayan lelaki
31.	widower	duda

Adjectives ending in –ED or –ING

In my earlier posting at http://knowledgecentre.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/114/I have given example on some adjectives ending with -ing.

Another form of adjectives are the ones ending with -ed. A common error is thinking that any word ending with -ed is a Verb in its Simple Past or Past Participle form. You have to be careful here as some words that end in -ed are also adjectives.

Then there is also confusion in using the -ing and -ed ending adjectives as you might think it is interchangeable. For example the word disappointing and disappointed.

“The movie was disappointing.” This means that the movie you have watched has caused disappointment and therefore you are disappointed with the movie as it was not that good.

In the above sentence,disappointing, is used to describe the noun, movie. Even though disappointed is also an adjective but you can’t use it to describe the movie such as :-

“The movie was disappointed.” As movie is a thing, you cannot use disappointed to describe more about the movie. A movie or any other object cannot feel the disappointment.

You can however use –ing or –ed adjectives for people or animals, but be aware of what you are expressing.

You can say a person is interested which means that the person feels interest.

It is different if you say a person is interesting which means that the makes others to feel interested.

Try this out.

I. CHOOSE THE RIGHT ADJECTIVE.

1. I was really looking forward to seeing that movie, but unfortunately it was lousy. I was disappointed/disappointing with it because it was bored/boring.

2. It’s sometimes embarrassing/embarrassed when you have to ask people for money.

3. Are you interesting/interested in speaking English fluently?

4. I enjoyed going to the football game which ended in a draw. It was very excited/exciting.

5. It was an extremely terrifying/terrified mishap. Afterward every single person was shocking/shocked.

Answers.

1. A -disappointed -describe more how “I” feel

B -boring -describe more about “it” or the movie

2. embarrassing -describe more about “it” where it refers to the “situation” when you don’t have money and have to borrow money from others.

3. interested -describe more how “you” feel.

4. interesting -describe more about “it” where it refers to the “football game.”

5. A. terrifying -describe more about the “mishap”
B -shocked -describe more how “every person” felt after the incident.

I. OTHERS PAIRS OF ADJECTIVES ENDING IN –ING AND –ED ARE:

fascinating exciting amusing amazing astonishing shocking disgusting embarrassing confusing

fascinated excited amused amazed astonished shocked disgusted embarrassed confused

horrifying terrifying frightening depressing worrying annoying exhausting satisfying

horrified terrified frightened depressed worried annoyed exhausted satisfied

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Words in the news – Perch

perch  The verb perch refers to birds landing and staying on a branch, etc. Perch can also mean to be placed on the top or the edge of something.

The grassy areas along the eastern runway are frequented by small birds, which can be seen perching on the barb wire fences.

Neither the tourists on board the ice-breaker Aurora, nor the eagle perched on a block of ice watching them, seem to be bothered by the prospect that rising water levels will one day submerge Japan’s coast.

The tomb is perched high on a hill with a commanding view of the valley he defended from Soviet troops.

The fort was perched atop Mt Sharika and was built by Atta Mohammed Khan in 1776.

Source -  http://readbangkokpost.com/wordoftheday/

Words in the news – Truce

truce  The noun truce refers an agreement between opponents or enemies to stop fighting or arguing, especially for an agreed period of time.

Prime Minister Surayud Chulanont yesterday called for a truce with National Legislative Assembly (NLA) member Prasong Soonsiri to clear the air following angry exchanges between them in the leadup to tomorrow’s ethics debate.

The government and the MILF agreed a truce in 2003, but the cease-fire is sporadically broken.

The shooting was the latest breaking of the newest truce agreed by the two rivals with Egyptian mediators, who for months have been trying to calm increasingly violent tensions between the two sides.

The agreement announced last week is the latest twist in a truce the companies, once bitter rivals, hammered out in 2004, when both companies vowed to make their products work better together.

SOurce – http://readbangkokpost.com/wordoftheday/

Words in the news

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rival (RAI vul)

The noun rival refers to a person, business or organisation that you are competing with or fighting against

The airport, which is projected by the government to turn Thailand into a hub for commercial airlines equal to that of regional rivals, will be out of the public eye until it is officially approved for use. In the past, the clever politician had been very successful in pitting his political rivals against each other.

The Southeast Asian market is likely become a battleground between the Japanese and their European and US rivals.

The company’s costs have been increasingly higher than its rivals.

Source – http://www.bangkokpost.net/education/worday/today.htm