Feminine is the 3rd skill (assuming read left to right) of the Czech language tree. It has a total of 4 lessons which 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[]
- hezká = pretty/nice
- dobrá = good (feminine)
- mladá = young
- holka = girl
- žena = woman/wife
Lesson 2[]
- špatná = bad/wrong
- jiná = different/other/another
- věc = thing/object/issue/cause
- stará = old
- ulice = street/streets
Lesson 3[]
- ta = that/the/those
- velká = big/large
- malá = small/little
- láska = love
- nová = new
Lesson 4[]
- zvláštní = strange/curious/weird
- další = another/additional/next
- Žofie = Žofie (female name)
- Kateřina = Kateřina (female name)
- poslední = last/final
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