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A pretty reliable rule of thumb for determining the gender of nouns other than human masculine animates, is as follows: | A pretty reliable rule of thumb for determining the gender of nouns other than human masculine animates, is as follows: | ||
== '''Masculine in Czech''' == | == '''Masculine in Czech''' == | ||
*Most nouns ending in a consonant, e.g. hrad ‘castle’, kufr ‘suitcase’, vlak ‘train’, stroj ‘machine’, čaj ‘tea’ [Some ending in a ‘soft’ or ‘ambivalent’ consonant are feminine, e.g. píseň ‘song’, tramvaj ‘tram’ | *Most nouns ending in a consonant, e.g. hrad ‘castle’, kufr ‘suitcase’, vlak ‘train’, stroj ‘machine’, čaj ‘tea’ [Some ending in a ‘soft’ or ‘ambivalent’ consonant are feminine, e.g. píseň ‘song’, tramvaj ‘tram’ | ||
=='''Feminine in Czech''' == | =='''Feminine in Czech''' == |
Revision as of 10:08, 23 September 2021
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Hello Everyone, 😊
In today’s lesson we are going to study the following topic: ”GENDER OF NOUNS” in Czech
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Good learning!
A pretty reliable rule of thumb for determining the gender of nouns other than human masculine animates, is as follows:
Masculine in Czech
- Most nouns ending in a consonant, e.g. hrad ‘castle’, kufr ‘suitcase’, vlak ‘train’, stroj ‘machine’, čaj ‘tea’ [Some ending in a ‘soft’ or ‘ambivalent’ consonant are feminine, e.g. píseň ‘song’, tramvaj ‘tram’
Feminine in Czech
- Most nouns ending in -a, -e or the suffix -ost meaning ‘-ness’, e.g. voda ‘water’, lekce ‘lesson’, radost ‘joy, happiness’ [A few ending in -e are neuter, e.g. moře ‘sea’, pole ‘field’
Neuter in Czech
- Most nouns ending in -o or -í, e.g. město ‘town’, auto ‘car’, stavení ‘building’, náměstí ‘square’
Source
http://utkl.ff.cuni.cz/~rosen/public/GGG/Czech_essent_grammar.pdf