Mga Propesyon at Tungkulin sa Filipino

I started making a list of Filipino nouns with the common gender and I ended up making a long list of occupations and common roles and responsibilities. The Filipino nouns in this list have the common gender. They may be used to refer to either a male/man or female/woman. Below is the link to a six-page PDF file entitled "Mga Propesyon at Tungkulin." It has a list of professions categorized according to following fields: Community helpers (Examples: basurero, dentista, guwardiya, karpintero) Common roles and responsibilities (Examples: bisita, kaibigan, kamag-aral, pasahero) Family and relatives (Examples: anak, asawa, kapatid, manugang) Business (Examples: akawntant, bangkero, ingat-yaman, negosyante) Politics and law (Examples: abogado, alkalde, kongresista, senador) Military and security (Examples: heneral, hepe, koronel, sarhento) Education (Examples: dekano, guro, prinsipal, propesor, tutor) Health care (Examples: beterinaryo, manggagamot, maninistis, obstetra) Science (Examples: antropologo, heograpo, kimiko, pisiko) Journalism and publishing (Examples: kolumnista, makata, mananaliksik, patnugot) Religion (Examples:…

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Kasarian ng mga Pangngalan

A couple of years ago I posted a list of common nouns and categorized them according to gender. Upon reviewing that list, I realized that some entries were incorrect for reasons which I will explain in this post. I have revised that list, added more entries, and categorized quite a lot of them. The link to the revised list (a PDF file) is provided below. A Filipino noun (pangngalan) may be categorized according the natural gender (male or female/lalaki o babae), the uncertainty of gender (male or female), or the lack of gender (nouns for nonliving things or concepts) of the person, animal, object, or idea the noun is pertaining to. A Filipino noun may be classified as having one of the four genders: masculine gender (panlalaki), feminine gender (pambabae), common gender (pambalaki o di-tiyak), or neuter gender (walang kasarian). Nouns with masculine gender are used for male persons and animals…

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