It is easier to learn the gender of a noun by pairing it with an adjective than to learn the gender separately. For example, learn bonum nomen, magna navis, bonus pons, instead of nomen, n.; navis, f.; pons, m.
-- William G. Most, Latin by the Natural Method, First Year (3rd ed., 1964), p. 22.
Of course, it is easier for dictionaries to list the words with m., n., f., because it takes less space.
-- William G. Most, Latin by the Natural Method, First Year (3rd ed., 1964), p. 22.
Of course, it is easier for dictionaries to list the words with m., n., f., because it takes less space.