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Learning the Galician 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 Galician language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Galician.
Galician feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine.
To form a feminine word from the masculine in Galician, you simply add (-a) if the word ends in a consonant. But if a word ends in a vowel then you need to remove the vowel before adding the “a”. Here are some examples:
Fillo (son) becomes Filla (daughter), alumno (student masc.) becomes alumna (student fem.)
Note that some words cannot change into feminine; instead a whole new word should be used, example: Home (man), Muller (woman) – Can (dog), Cadela (dog fem)
Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Galician Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Feminino |
| he is happy | el está feliz |
| she is happy | ela está feliz |
| he is American | el é americano |
| she is American | ela é americana |
| man | home |
| woman | muller |
| father | pai |
| mother | nai |
| brother | irmán |
| sister | irmá |
| uncle | tío |
| aunt | tía |
| bull | touro |
| cow | vaca |
| boy | neno |
| girl | nena |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Feminine in Galician has a logical pattern. Locate the Feminine above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Galician.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Galician? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Galician vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Galician Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | obxectos |
| bathroom | baño |
| bed | cama |
| bedroom | dormitorio |
| ceiling | teito |
| chair | cadeira |
| clothes | roupa |
| coat | abrigo |
| cup | copa |
| desk | pupitre |
| dress | vestido |
| floor | andar |
| fork | garfo |
| furniture | mobiliario |
| glass | vaso |
| hat | chapeu |
| house | casa |
| ink | tinta |
| jacket | chaqueta |
| kitchen | cociña |
| knife | coitelo |
| lamp | lámpada |
| letter | carta |
| map | mapa |
| newspaper | xornal |
| notebook | caderno |
| pants | calzóns |
| paper | papel |
| pen | pluma |
| pencil | lápis |
| pharmacy | farmacia |
| picture | fotografía |
| plate | chapa |
| refrigerator | neveira |
| restaurant | restaurante |
| roof | tellado |
| room | cuarto |
| rug | tapiz |
| scissors | tesoiras |
| shampoo | xampú |
| shirt | camisa |
| shoes | zapatos |
| soap | xabón |
| socks | calcetíns |
| spoon | culler |
| table | mesa |
| toilet | servizo |
| toothbrush | cepillo de dentes |
| toothpaste | crema dental |
| towel | toalla |
| umbrella | paraugas |
| underwear | roupa interior |
| wall | parede |
| wallet | carteira |
| window | xanela |
| telephone | teléfono |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Galician, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Galician Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Galician lessons here: Learn Galician. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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