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Learning the Romanian 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 Romanian language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Romanian.
Romanian 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 Romanian, you simply add (-ă) if the word ends in a consonant. The nouns with the stem ending in (-or) insert the vowel “a” between “o” and “r” in order to form the feminine gender ending in “oară”. Here are some examples:
expert (expert, masculine) becomes expertă (expert, feminine)
profesor (professor, masculine) becomes profesoară (expert, feminine)
Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Romanian Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Feminin |
| he is happy | el este fericit |
| she is happy | ea este fericită |
| he is American | el este american |
| she is American | ea este americană |
| man | bărbat |
| woman | femeie |
| father | tată |
| mother | mamă |
| brother | frate |
| sister | soră |
| uncle | unchi |
| aunt | mătuşă |
| bull | taur |
| cow | vacă |
| boy | băiat |
| girl | fată |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Feminine in Romanian has a logical pattern. Locate the Feminine above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Romanian.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Romanian? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Romanian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Romanian Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | obiecte |
| bathroom | baie |
| bed | pat |
| bedroom | dormitor |
| ceiling | plafon |
| chair | scaun |
| clothes | haine |
| coat | haină |
| cup | ceaşcă |
| desk | birou |
| dress | rochie |
| floor | podea |
| fork | furculiţă |
| furniture | mobilier |
| glass | pahar |
| hat | pălărie |
| house | casă |
| ink | cerneală |
| jacket | sacou |
| kitchen | bucătărie |
| knife | cuţit |
| lamp | lampă |
| letter | scrisoare |
| map | hartă |
| newspaper | ziar |
| notebook | agendă |
| pants | pantaloni |
| paper | hârtie |
| pen | stilou |
| pencil | creion |
| pharmacy | farmacie |
| picture | fotografie |
| plate | farfurie |
| refrigerator | frigider |
| restaurant | restaurant |
| roof | acoperiş |
| room | cameră |
| rug | covor |
| scissors | foarfece |
| shampoo | şampon |
| shirt | cămaşă |
| shoes | pantofi |
| soap | săpun |
| socks | şosete |
| spoon | lingură |
| table | tabel |
| toilet | toaletă |
| toothbrush | periuţă de dinţi |
| toothpaste | pastă de dinţi |
| towel | prosop |
| umbrella | umbrelă |
| underwear | lenjerie de corp |
| wall | perete |
| wallet | portofel |
| window | fereastră |
| telephone | telefon |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Romanian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Romanian Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Romanian lessons here: Learn Romanian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.
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