Czech Skill:Feminine

Feminine
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Language	Czech
Skills	91
Skill No.	4
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Feminine is the 4th skill of the Czech language tree. It will introduce you to the feminine grammatical gender.

Grammar Notes

Feminine Grammatical Gender

There are some patterns for feminine nouns but also exceptions:

• Nouns ending in -a or -e are commonly feminine. Hence: holka (girl), žena (woman, wife), ulice (street), láska (love).
• Exceptions:
  • Nouns ending with a consonant are commonly masculine but many are feminine: věc (thing), sůl (salt), kost (bone), and postel (bed)
  • Some nouns ending -a are masculine instead: táta (dad), kolega (colleague), turista (tourist), and terorista (terrorist).
  • Some nouns ending -e are masculine, e.g., soudce (judge), or neuter, e.g., děvče (girl), zvíře (animal), moře (sea), and slunce (sun).
  • Nouns ending -ě are commonly neuter but some are feminine, e.g., žákyně (student) and přítelkyně (girlfriend).
  • Nouns ending -í are commonly neuter but some are feminine, e.g., paní (lady).

Adjectives

• In the singular nominative form hard adjectives end with -á when modifying feminine nouns e.g., e.g., mladá žena (young woman)
• In the singular nominative form soft adjective end with -i regardless of gender e.g. další žena (another woman)], poslední věc (the last thing).

Demonstratives

The demonstrative for feminine nouns is ta e.g., ta dívka (the girl, that girl)

Lessons

Lesson 1

• žena = woman/wife
• mladá = young
• lžíce = spoon
• košile = shirt
• To je košile. = That is a shirt.
• Je mladá? = Is she young?
• Jsem mladá? = I am young?
• Kde je ta žena? = Where is the woman?
• Ano, jsem Žofie. = Yes, I am Žofie.
• Ne, jsem Žofie. = No, I am Žofie.
• Žofie je mladá. = Žofie is young.
• Ta lžíce je velká. = That spoon is big.
• Ta velká lžíce je tady. = The big spoon is here.
• Ta žena je tady. = The woman is here.
• Kde je ta velká lžíce? = Where is the big spoon?
• Lžíce je tady. = The spoon is here.
• Ta mladá žena má banán. = The young woman has a banana.
• Ne, ta košile je velká. = No, the shirt is big.
• Kde ja ta košile? = Where is the shirt?
• á é ě í ó ú Ú ů ý č Č ň ř Ř š Š ť ž Ž

Lesson 2

• mrkev = carrot
• postel = bed
• restaurace = restaurant
• hruška = pear
• velká = big/large
• malá = small/little
• nová = new
• Je to mrkev? = Is it a carrot?
• Jí Žofie mrkev? = Is Žofie eating a carrot?
• Ano, jsem nová. = Yes, I am new.
• Kde je ta postel? = Where is that bed?
• Ta nová postel je tady. = That new bed is here.
• Kde je ta restaurace? = Where is that restaurant?
• Jitka je malá holka. = Jitka is a small girl.
• Ano, ta hruška je malá. = Yes, that pear is small.
• Kde je ta hruška? = Where is that pear?
• Je to nová restaurace velká? = Is that new restaurant big?
• Jí Žofie mrkev? = Is Žofie eating a carrot?
• Ta restaurace je malá. = That restaurant is small.
• To je velká postel. = That is a big bed.
• Ta velká hruška je velká. = That big pear is at home.
• á é ě í ó ú Ú ů ý č Č ň ř Ř š Š ť ž Ž

Lesson 3

• myš = mouse
• káva = coffee
• učitelka = teacher
• kniha = book
• sůl = salt
• Kde je ta myš? = Where is that mouse?
• Učitelka je doma. = The teacher is at home.
• Je to sůl? = Is it salt?
• Kniha je věc. = A book is a thing.
• Káva je dobrá. = Coffee is good.
• Káva je dobrá věc. = Coffee is a good thing.
• Kde je ta stará restaurace? = Where is that old restaurant?
• Ne, ta káva je stará. = No, that coffee is old.
• Ano, Žofie je dobrá. = Yes, Žofie is good.
• Ano, učitelka je žena. = Yes, the teacher is a woman.
• Sůl, prosím. = Salt, please.
• To je velká myš. = That is a big mouse.
• Je ta mladá učitelka dobrá? = Is the young teacher good?
• Je to dobrá kniha? = Is it a good book?
• Je ta věc stará? = Is that thing old?
• To je dobrá věc. = That is a good thing.
• Jakub jí sůl. = Jakub eats salt.
• Promiňte, kde je učitelka? = Excuse me, where is the teacher?
• Je myš malá? = Is the mouse small?
• á é ě í ó ú Ú ů ý č Č ň ř Ř š Š ť ž Ž