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Learning the Russian 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 Russian language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Russian.
Russian feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine.
Nouns can be of masculine, feminine or neutral gender. With people, the reason for this is self-explanatory:
мужчина – man (masc.),
женщина – woman (fem.).
отец – father (masc.)
мать – mother (fem.)
cын – son (masc.)
дочь – daughter (fem.)
With inanimate objects, a lot of the times there is no obvious reason why a word is of masculine or feminine gender:
Тарелка – plate (fem.)
Стакан – glass (masc.)
Окно – window (neutral)
Sometimes you can form a feminine word from a masculine. Usually the suffix «-ка» is used; if the word ends with the suffix «ник», it is replaced with «-ница»:
Начальник (boss masc.) – начальница (boss fem.)
Проводник (conductor masc.) – проводница (conductor fem.)
Пенсионер (pensioner masc.) – пенсионерка (pensioner fem.)
Adjectives change their ending depending on the gender of the word they are used to describe:
Хороший сын (good son)
Многодетная мать (mother of a big family)
Verbs in the past tense are also changed (conjugated) depending on the gender of the subject of the sentence:
Девочка пошла гулять с собакой – A girl went to walk the dog
Мальчик пошел гулять с собакой – A boy went to walk the dog
Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Russian Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Женский - Zenskii |
| he is happy | он счастлив - on schastliv |
| she is happy | она счастлива - ona schastliva |
| he is American | он американец - on amerikanec |
| she is American | она американка - ona amerikanka |
| man | человек - chelovek |
| woman | женщина - zenshtina |
| father | отец - otec |
| mother | мать - matio |
| brother | брат - brat |
| sister | сестра - sestra |
| uncle | дядя - diadia |
| aunt | тетка - tetka |
| bull | бык - bыk |
| cow | корова - korova |
| boy | мальчик - malioik |
| girl | девушка - devushka |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Russian.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Russian? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Russian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Russian Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | объекты - obaektы |
| bathroom | ванная комната - vannaia komnata |
| bed | кровать - krovatio |
| bedroom | спальня - spalioia |
| ceiling | потолок - potolok |
| chair | стул - stul |
| clothes | одежда - odezda |
| coat | пальто - palioo |
| cup | кружка - kruzka |
| desk | стол - stol |
| dress | платье - platio |
| floor | этаж - эtaz |
| fork | вилка - vilka |
| furniture | мебель - mebelio |
| glass | стекло - steklo |
| hat | шляпа - shliapa |
| house | дом - dom |
| ink | чернила - chernila |
| jacket | куртка - kurtka |
| kitchen | кухня - kuhnia |
| knife | нож - noz |
| lamp | лампа - lampa |
| letter | письмо - pisioo |
| map | карта - karta |
| newspaper | газета - gazeta |
| notebook | блокнот - bloknot |
| pants | брюки - briuki |
| paper | бумага - bumaga |
| pen | ручка - ruchka |
| pencil | карандаш - karandash |
| pharmacy | аптека - apteka |
| picture | изображение - izobrazenie |
| plate | плита - plita |
| refrigerator | холодильник - holodilioik |
| restaurant | ресторан - restoran |
| roof | крыша - krыsha |
| room | комната - komnata |
| rug | ковер - kover |
| scissors | ножницы - noznicы |
| shampoo | шампунь - shampunio |
| shirt | рубашка - rubashka |
| shoes | обувь - obuvio |
| soap | мыло - mыlo |
| socks | носки - noski |
| spoon | ложка - lozka |
| table | стол - stol |
| toilet | туалет - tualet |
| toothbrush | зубная щетка - zubnaia shtetka |
| toothpaste | зубная паста - zubnaia pasta |
| towel | полотенце - polotence |
| umbrella | зонтик - zontik |
| underwear | нижнее белье - niznee belio |
| wall | стена - stena |
| wallet | бумажник - bumaznik |
| window | окно - okno |
| telephone | телефон - telefon |
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