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Learning the Slovak Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Slovak feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine.
In Slovak, you have to learn specific masculine and feminine words, however sometimes to form feminine word you simply add (-a, -ka) if the word ends in a consonant. Here are some examples:
študent (student masc.) becomes študentka (student fem.), doktor (doctor masc.) becomes doktorka (doctor fem.)
Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Slovak Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | ženský rod |
| he is happy | on je šťastný |
| she is happy | ona je šťastná |
| he is American | on je Američan |
| she is American | ona je Američanka |
| man | muž |
| woman | žena |
| father | otec |
| mother | matka |
| brother | brat |
| sister | sestra |
| uncle | strýko |
| aunt | teta |
| bull | býk |
| cow | krava |
| boy | chlapec |
| girl | dievča |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Slovak.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Slovak? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Slovak vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Slovak Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | objekty |
| bathroom | kúpeľňa |
| bed | posteľ |
| bedroom | spálňa |
| ceiling | strop |
| chair | stolička |
| clothes | oblečenie |
| coat | kabát |
| cup | pohár |
| desk | stôl |
| dress | šaty |
| floor | podlaha |
| fork | vidlička |
| furniture | nábytok |
| glass | sklo |
| hat | klobúk |
| house | dom |
| ink | atrament |
| jacket | bunda |
| kitchen | kuchyňa |
| knife | nôž |
| lamp | lampa |
| letter | list |
| map | mapa |
| newspaper | noviny |
| notebook | zápisník |
| pants | nohavice |
| paper | papier |
| pen | pero |
| pencil | ceruzka |
| pharmacy | lekáreň |
| picture | obrázok |
| plate | tanier |
| refrigerator | chladnička |
| restaurant | reštaurácia |
| roof | strecha |
| room | izba |
| rug | predložka |
| scissors | nožnice |
| shampoo | šampón |
| shirt | košeľa |
| shoes | topánky |
| soap | mydlo |
| socks | ponožky |
| spoon | lyžica |
| table | stôl |
| toilet | záchod |
| toothbrush | zubná kefka |
| toothpaste | zubná pasta |
| towel | uterák |
| umbrella | dáždnik |
| underwear | spodná bielizeň |
| wall | stena |
| wallet | peňaženka |
| window | okno |
| telephone | telefón |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Slovak. Once you're done with Slovak Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Slovak lessons here: Learn Slovak. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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