Galician Nouns
Learning the Galician Nouns 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 Nouns is in the structure of the grammar in Galician.
Galician nouns are words used to name a person, animal, place, thing, or abstract ideas. Nouns are usually the most important part of vocabulary. Here are some examples:
| English Nouns | Galician Nouns |
| nouns | substantivos |
| my car | o meu coche |
| green car | coche verde |
| three cars | tres coches |
| car garage | garaxe |
| outside the car | fóra do coche |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Nouns in Galician has a logical pattern. Locate the Nouns above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Galician.
List of Nouns in Galician
Below is a list of the Nouns and Words in Galician placed in a table. Memorizing this table will help you add very useful and important words to your Galician vocabulary.
| English Nouns | Galician Nouns |
| arm | brazo |
| back | espalda |
| cheeks | fazula |
| chest | peito |
| chin | queixo |
| ear | orella |
| elbow | cóbado |
| eye | ollo |
| face | faciana |
| finger | dedo |
| fingers | dedos |
| foot | pé |
| hair | cabelo |
| hand | man |
| head | cabeza |
| heart | corazón |
| knee | xeonllo |
| leg | perna |
| lip | beizo |
| mouth | boca |
| neck | pescozo |
| nose | nariz |
| shoulder | ombreiro |
| stomach | estómago |
| teeth | dentes |
| thigh | coxa |
| throat | gorxa |
| thumb | polgar |
| toe | deda |
| tongue | lingua |
| tooth | dente |
Nouns and Words have a very important role in Galician, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Galician Nouns, you might want to check the rest of our Galician lessons here: Learn Galician. Don't forget to bookmark this page.