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Learning the Lithuanian Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Lithuanian feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine.
In Lithuanian all words are Masculine or Feminine gender. What gender is the word you can see by the flexion. For example, Masculine are: darbas (work), lietuvis (Lithuanian), karys (warrior), dangus (sky), šuo (dog); Feminine are: galva (head), bitė (bee), akis (eye). You can see nouns with the ending –is in both clases. You need simply remember what gender belongs one or other noun with ending –is in nomintive.
Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Lithuanian Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Moteriškas |
| he is happy | jis yra laimingas |
| she is happy | ji yra laiminga |
| he is American | jis yra amerikietis |
| she is American | ji yra amerikietė |
| man | vyras |
| woman | moteris |
| father | tėvas |
| mother | motina |
| brother | brolis |
| sister | sesuo |
| uncle | dėdė |
| aunt | teta |
| bull | jautis |
| cow | karvė |
| boy | berniukas |
| girl | mergina |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Lithuanian.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Lithuanian? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Lithuanian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Lithuanian Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | objektai |
| bathroom | vonia |
| bed | lova |
| bedroom | miegamasis |
| ceiling | lubos |
| chair | kėdė |
| clothes | drabužiai |
| coat | paltas,apsiaustas |
| cup | puodelis |
| desk | stalo |
| dress | suknelė |
| floor | aukštas or grindys |
| fork | šakutė |
| furniture | baldai |
| glass | stiklas |
| hat | skrybėlė |
| house | namas |
| ink | rašalas |
| jacket | striukė |
| kitchen | virtuvė |
| knife | peilis |
| lamp | lempa |
| letter | laiškas |
| map | žemėlapis |
| newspaper | laikraštis |
| notebook | sąsiuvinis/užrašų knygelė |
| pants | kelnės |
| paper | popierius |
| pen | rašiklis |
| pencil | pieštukas |
| pharmacy | vaistinė |
| picture | nuotrauka |
| plate | plokštė or lėkštė |
| refrigerator | šaldytuvas |
| restaurant | Restoranas |
| roof | stogas |
| room | kambarys |
| rug | patiesalas, demblys |
| scissors | žirklės |
| shampoo | šampūnas |
| shirt | marškiniai |
| shoes | avalynė |
| soap | muilas |
| socks | kojinės |
| spoon | šaukštas |
| table | lentelė or stalas (valgomasis) |
| toilet | tualetas |
| toothbrush | šepetėlis |
| toothpaste | dantų pasta |
| towel | rankšluostis |
| umbrella | skėtis |
| underwear | apatiniai baltiniai |
| wall | sienos |
| wallet | piniginė |
| window | langas |
| telephone | telefonas |
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