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Learning the Czech Feminine is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Czech language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Czech.
Czech feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine.
All nouns, adjectives and pronouns have their own grammatical gender (masculine, feminine and neutral). There are 4-6 affix subgroups in each gender, which affect casing and number. However, a feminine word can be formed from a masculine in Czech, especially for roles and professions, simply by adding (-ka) or changing the masculine affix –k into -ce . Example:
učitel/učitelka (teacher), herec/herečka (actor/actress), zdravotník/zdravotnice (nurse)
Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Czech 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 | bratr |
| sister | sestra |
| uncle | strýc |
| aunt | teta |
| bull | býk |
| cow | kráva |
| boy | chlapec |
| girl | dívka |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Feminine in Czech has a logical pattern. Locate the Feminine above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Czech.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Czech? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Czech vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Czech Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | objekty |
| bathroom | koupelna |
| bed | postel |
| bedroom | ložnice |
| ceiling | strop |
| chair | židle |
| clothes | oblečení |
| coat | kabát |
| cup | šálek |
| desk | stůl |
| dress | šaty |
| floor | patro |
| fork | vidlička |
| furniture | nábytek |
| glass | pohár |
| hat | klobouk |
| house | dům |
| ink | inkoust |
| jacket | bunda |
| kitchen | kuchyně |
| knife | nůž |
| lamp | lampa |
| letter | dopis |
| map | mapa |
| newspaper | noviny |
| notebook | zápisník |
| pants | kalhoty |
| paper | papír |
| pen | pero |
| pencil | tužka |
| pharmacy | lékárna |
| picture | obrázek |
| plate | talíř |
| refrigerator | lednička |
| restaurant | restaurace |
| roof | střecha |
| room | pokoj |
| rug | koberec |
| scissors | nůžky |
| shampoo | šampon |
| shirt | košile |
| shoes | boty |
| soap | mýdlo |
| socks | ponožky |
| spoon | lžíce |
| table | tabulka |
| toilet | záchod |
| toothbrush | kartáček na zuby |
| toothpaste | zubní pasta |
| towel | ručník |
| umbrella | deštník |
| underwear | spodní prádlo |
| wall | stěna |
| wallet | peněženka |
| window | okno |
| telephone | telefon |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Czech, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Czech Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Czech lessons here: Learn Czech. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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