If you're trying to learn Javanese Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Javanese 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 Javanese. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Javanese 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 Javanese language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Javanese.
Javanese 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 | Javanese Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | |
| he is happy | dheweke seneng |
| she is happy | dheweke seneng |
| he is American | dheweke wong amerika |
| she is American | dheweke wong amerika |
| man | wong lanang |
| woman | wong wadon |
| father | bapak |
| mother | ibu |
| brother | sedulur lanang |
| sister | sedulur wadon |
| uncle | paman |
| aunt | bibi |
| bull | bantheng |
| cow | sapi |
| boy | anak lanang |
| girl | anak wadon |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Javanese.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Javanese? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Javanese vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Javanese Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | obyek |
| bathroom | kamar mandi |
| bed | ranjang |
| bedroom | kamar turu |
| ceiling | piyan |
| chair | kursi |
| clothes | klambi |
| coat | jas |
| cup | cangkir |
| desk | meja |
| dress | rok |
| floor | jubin |
| fork | porok |
| furniture | perabotan omah |
| glass | gelas/kaca |
| hat | topi |
| house | omah |
| ink | tinta |
| jacket | jaket |
| kitchen | pawon |
| knife | piso |
| lamp | lampu |
| letter | surat |
| map | peta |
| newspaper | koran |
| notebook | laptop |
| pants | kathok dowo |
| paper | kertas |
| pen | polpen |
| pencil | pothelot |
| pharmacy | apotek |
| picture | gambar |
| plate | piring |
| refrigerator | kulkas |
| restaurant | restoran |
| roof | piyan |
| room | ruangan |
| rug | karpet |
| scissors | gunting |
| shampoo | sampo |
| shirt | kaos |
| shoes | sepatu |
| soap | sabun |
| socks | kaos kaki |
| spoon | cendhok |
| table | meja |
| toilet | wc |
| toothbrush | sikat untu |
| toothpaste | odol |
| towel | andhuk |
| umbrella | payung |
| underwear | klambi njero |
| wall | tembok |
| wallet | dompet |
| window | jendela |
| telephone | telepon |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Javanese. Once you're done with Javanese Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Javanese lessons here: Learn Javanese. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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