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In English we should know that there are some nouns which can be identified by its gender.

The gender of nouns can be 
1)animate: when we refer to animals or people. These kind of nouns divide into two groups PERSONAL OR NON-PERSONAL nouns.

Personal 
a) male such as, boy, man, father, brother...
b) female such as, girl, woman, mother, sister..
c) dual gender such as doctor.
d) common gender such as baby.

Non-Personal
a) collective nouns such as,  family.
b) higher male animal such as, bull.
c) higher female animal such as, cow.
d) lower animal such as insects like butterfly.


2)inanimate: when we refer to objects and any kind of noun which can't move and live such as computer. 
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