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Gender of Nouns

Korean normally does not indicate gender grammatically, although there are some specific words that have feminine or masculine meanings.

- 딸 [ttal] ("daughter")

- 아들 [adeul] ("son")

The gender is usually understood in the context. However, the word 여자 [yoja] ("woman") is sometimes used to stress the feminine gender.

여학생 [yohakseng] ("female student")

The prefixes "남" [nam] ("masculine", "man") and "여" [yo] ("famine", "woman") can also be used to specify gender.

남동생 ("younger brother")

여동생 ("younger sister")

To specify the sex of animals, the prefixes "수" and "암" are used:

수 [su] - "masculine"

수탉 [sutak] ("rooster"), 수소 [suso] ("bull")

암 [am] - "feminine"

암탉 [amtak] ("hen"), 암소 [amso] ("cow")

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