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Genders in Hugarian[edit | edit source]
Hungarian does not know the grammatical category of the genre. We only express the natural gender, by various means.
Usually there are different words for masculine and feminine: szerzetes "monk" / apáca "religious".
Sometimes the composition is used with the word nő "woman" (színész "actor" + nő ➡ színésznő "actress").
In some cases, the natural gender is expressed only through the context.
For example for "grandson" and "granddaughter" there is only one word, unoka.
Examples: Masculine & Feminine in Hugarian[edit | edit source]
| English Gender | Hungarian Gender |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Nőies |
| he is happy | (ő) boldog (male) |
| she is happy | (ő) boldog (female) |
| he is American | ő amerikai |
| she is American | ő amerikai |
| man | férfi |
| woman | nő |
| father | apa |
| mother | anya |
| brother | fiútestvér or fivér. Older brother: báty, younger brother: öcs |
| sister | lánytestvér. Older sister: nővér, younger sister: húg |
| uncle | nagybácsi |
| aunt | nagynéni |
| bull | bika |
| cow | tehén |
| boy | fiú |
| girl | lány |
Sources[edit | edit source]
Other Lessons[edit | edit source]
- Possessed object
- Conditional Mood
- Adjectives
- Possessor
- Cardinal Numbers
- Gender
- Plurals
- Questions
- Nouns
- Future Tense
- Plural
- Negation