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==Related Lessons== | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Possessed-object|Possessed object]] | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Conditional-Mood|Conditional Mood]] | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Adjectives|Adjectives]] | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Possessor|Possessor]] | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Cardinal-Numbers|Cardinal Numbers]] | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Gender|Gender]] | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Plurals|Plurals]] | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Questions|Questions]] | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Nouns|Nouns]] | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Future-Tense|Future Tense]] | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Plural|Plural]] | |||
* [[Language/Hungarian/Grammar/Negation|Negation]] |
Revision as of 12:50, 26 February 2023
Genders in Hugarian
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
English Gender | Hungarian Gender |
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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 |