Bosnian Feminine
Learning the Bosnian Feminine is very important because its structure is used in every day conversation. The more you practice the subject, the closer you get to mastering the Bosnian language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Bosnian.
Bosnian feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine. Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Bosnian Feminine |
| Feminine | Ženski |
| he is happy | on je sretan |
| she is happy | ona je sretna |
| he is American | on je američki |
| she is American | ona je američki |
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| man | čovjek |
| woman | žena |
| father | otac |
| mother | majka |
| brother | brat |
| sister | sestra |
| uncle | ujak |
| aunt | tetka |
| bull | bik |
| cow | krava |
| boy | dječak |
| girl | djevojka |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Feminine in Bosnian has a logical pattern. Locate the Feminine above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Bosniac.
List of Feminine in Bosnian
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Bosnian? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Bosnian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Bosnian Vocabulary |
| objects | objekata |
| bathroom | kupaonica |
| bed | krevet |
| bedroom | spavaća soba |
| ceiling | strop |
| chair | stolica |
| clothes | odjeća |
| coat | kaput |
| cup | pehar |
| desk | radni stol |
| dress | haljina |
| floor | kat |
| fork | viljuška |
| furniture | namještaj |
| glass | staklo |
| hat | šešir |
| house | kuća |
| ink | tinte |
| jacket | jakna |
| kitchen | kuhinja |
| knife | nož |
| lamp | lampa |
| letter | pismo |
| map | karta |
| newspaper | novine |
| notebook | bilježnica |
| pants | hlače |
| paper | papir |
| pen | pero |
| pencil | olovka |
| pharmacy | ljekarna |
| picture | slika |
| plate | ploča |
| refrigerator | hladnjak |
| restaurant | restoran |
| roof | krov |
| room | soba |
| rug | tepih |
| scissors | škare |
| shampoo | šampon |
| shirt | košulja |
| shoes | cipele |
| soap | sapun |
| socks | čarape |
| spoon | žlica |
| table | stol |
| toilet | WC |
| toothbrush | četkica za zube |
| toothpaste | pasta za zube |
| towel | ručnik |
| umbrella | kišobran |
| underwear | donje rublje |
| wall | zid |
| wallet | novčanik |
| window | prozor |
| telephone | telefonski |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Bosnian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Bosniac Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Bosnian lessons here: Learn Bosnian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.