If you're trying to learn Kannada Feminine you will find some useful resources including a course about genders: Feminine and Masculine... to help you with your Kannada 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 Kannada. Enjoy the rest of the lesson!
Learning the Kannada 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 Kannada language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Kannada.
Kannada 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 | Kannada Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | sthree linga |
| he is happy | avanu santhoshavagiddhane |
| she is happy | avalu santhoshavagiddhale |
| he is American | avanu americadavanu |
| she is American | avalu americadavanu |
| man | gandasu |
| woman | hengasu |
| father | appa |
| mother | amma |
| brother | thamma |
| sister | thangi |
| uncle | maava |
| aunt | at the |
| bull | gooli |
| cow | hasu |
| boy | huduga |
| girl | hudugi |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Kannada.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Kannada? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Kannada vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Kannada Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | vasthugalu |
| bathroom | bacchaalu mane |
| bed | mancha |
| bedroom | kone |
| ceiling | chavani |
| chair | kurchi |
| clothes | battegalu |
| coat | kotu |
| cup | kappu |
| desk | meju |
| dress | vasthra/battegalu |
| floor | nela |
| fork | forku |
| furniture | mejugalu |
| glass | gajugalu |
| hat | topi |
| house | mane |
| ink | inku |
| jacket | jackettu |
| kitchen | adige mane |
| knife | katthi |
| lamp | lampu |
| letter | kagadha |
| map | boogola pustaka |
| newspaper | dina pathrike |
| notebook | pustaka |
| pants | pantu |
| paper | kagadha |
| pen | pennu |
| pencil | pencillu |
| pharmacy | oushadhalaya |
| picture | chitra |
| plate | thatte |
| refrigerator | fridge |
| restaurant | hotelu |
| roof | chavani |
| room | roomu |
| rug | raggu |
| scissors | katthari |
| shampoo | shampoo |
| shirt | angi |
| shoes | bootu |
| soap | saabunu |
| socks | kaicheela |
| spoon | chamacha |
| table | meju |
| toilet | shauchalaya |
| toothbrush | dhantha shubraka |
| toothpaste | dhantha shubraka |
| towel | tholina vasthra |
| umbrella | chatri |
| underwear | ola udupu |
| wall | gode |
| wallet | jebu |
| window | kitaki |
| telephone | dooravani |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Kannada. Once you're done with Kannada Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Kannada lessons here: Learn Kannada. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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