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Learning the Dari Feminine is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you master it the more you get closer to mastering the Dari language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Dari.
Dari feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Dari Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | mones̱ - مونث |
| he is happy | āo khosheḥāl āset - او خوشحال است |
| she is happy | āo khosheḥāl āset - او خوشحال است |
| he is American | āo āmereyekāyey āset - او آمریکایی است |
| she is American | āo āmereyekāyey āset - او آمریکایی است |
| man | mered - مرد |
| woman | zen - زن |
| father | peder - پدر |
| mother | māder - مادر |
| brother | berāder - برادر |
| sister | khoāher - خواهر |
| uncle | dāyey / 'emo - دایی / عمو |
| aunt | 'emeh / khāleh - عمه / خاله |
| bull | kāo ner - گاو نر |
| cow | kāo - گاو |
| boy | peser - پسر |
| girl | dekheter - دختر |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Dari.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Dari? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Dari vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Dari Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | āsheyā' - اشیاء |
| bathroom | ḥemām - حمام |
| bed | beseter - بستر |
| bedroom | āṭāqu khoāb - اطاق خواب |
| ceiling | sequef - سقف |
| chair | ṣenedeley - صندلی |
| clothes | lebās - لباس |
| coat | ket - کت |
| cup | fenejān - فنجان |
| desk | meyez - میز |
| dress | lebās - لباس |
| floor | kef ātāqu / ṭebequeh - کف اتاق / طبقه |
| fork | chenekāl - چنگال |
| furniture | mebel - مبل |
| glass | sheyesheh - شیشه |
| hat | kelāh - کلاه |
| house | khāneh - خانه |
| ink | joher - جوهر |
| jacket | zhāket - ژاکت |
| kitchen | āshepezekhāneh - آشپزخانه |
| knife | chāquo - چاقو |
| lamp | lāmep - لامپ |
| letter | nāmeh - نامه |
| map | nequesheh - نقشه |
| newspaper | rozenāmeh - روزنامه |
| notebook | defeterecheh - دفترچه |
| pants | sheloār - شلوار |
| paper | kāgheẕ - کاغذ |
| pen | khodekār - خودکار |
| pencil | medād - مداد |
| pharmacy | dārokhāneh - داروخانه |
| picture | 'ekes - عکس |
| plate | beshequāb - بشقاب |
| refrigerator | yekhechāl - یخچال |
| restaurant | resetorān - رستوران |
| roof | bām - بام |
| room | ātāqu - اتاق |
| rug | quāleyecheh - قالیچه |
| scissors | queyechey - قیچی |
| shampoo | shāmepo - شامپو |
| shirt | peyerāhen - پیراهن |
| shoes | kefesh - کفش |
| soap | ṣābon - صابون |
| socks | jorāb - جوراب |
| spoon | quāshequ - قاشق |
| table | meyez - میز |
| toilet | toālet - توالت |
| toothbrush | mesoāk - مسواک |
| toothpaste | khemeyer denedān - خمیر دندان |
| towel | ḥoleh - حوله |
| umbrella | cheter - چتر |
| underwear | lebās zeyer - لباس زیر |
| wall | deyoār - دیوار |
| wallet | keyef pol - کیف پول |
| window | penejereh - پنجره |
| telephone | telefen - تلفن |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Dari. Once you're done with Dari Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Dari lessons here: Learn Dari. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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