If you're trying to learn Flemish Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Flemish grammar. Try to concentrate on the lesson and notice the pattern that occurs each time the word changes its place. Also don't forget to check the rest of our other lessons listed on Learn Flemish. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Flemish 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 Flemish language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Flemish.
Flemish 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 | Flemish Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | vrouwelijk |
| he is happy | hij is gelukkig |
| she is happy | zij/ze is gelukkig |
| he is American | hij is een Amerikaan |
| she is American | zij/ze is een Amerikaanse |
| man | man |
| woman | vrouw |
| father | vader |
| mother | moeder |
| brother | broer |
| sister | zus |
| uncle | nonkel |
| aunt | tante |
| bull | stier |
| cow | koe |
| boy | jongen |
| girl | meisje |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Flemish.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Flemish? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Flemish vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Flemish Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | dingen |
| bathroom | badkamer |
| bed | bed |
| bedroom | slaapkamer |
| ceiling | plafond |
| chair | stoel |
| clothes | kleren |
| coat | jas |
| cup | kop[je]/tas |
| desk | bureau |
| dress | kleed |
| floor | vloer |
| fork | vork |
| furniture | meubels/meubelen [differing plurals] |
| glass | glas |
| hat | hoed |
| house | huis |
| ink | inkt |
| jacket | jas/jasje [last for women's jackets] |
| kitchen | keuken |
| knife | mes |
| lamp | lamp |
| letter | brief |
| map | kaart |
| newspaper | krant |
| notebook | notaboekje |
| pants | broek |
| paper | papier |
| pen | pen/bic [coll] |
| pencil | potlood |
| pharmacy | apotheker/apotheek |
| picture | photo |
| plate | bord |
| refrigerator | ijskast/koelkast |
| restaurant | restaurant |
| roof | dak |
| room | kamer |
| rug | tapijt |
| scissors | schaar |
| shampoo | shampoo |
| shirt | hemd |
| shoes | schoenen |
| soap | zeep |
| socks | kousen/sokken |
| spoon | lepel |
| table | tafel |
| toilet | toilet |
| toothbrush | tandenborstel |
| toothpaste | tandpasta |
| towel | handdoek |
| umbrella | paraplu |
| underwear | ondergoed |
| wall | muur |
| wallet | portefeuille |
| window | raam |
| telephone | telefoon |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Flemish. Once you're done with Flemish Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Flemish lessons here: Learn Flemish. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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