Bulgarian Feminine
Learning the Bulgarian 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 Bulgarian language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Bulgarian.
Bulgarian 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 | Bulgarian Feminine |
| Feminine | Zhenski - Женски |
| he is happy | toj e shtastliv - той е щастлив |
| she is happy | tja e shtastliva - тя е щастлива |
| he is American | toj e amerikanec - той е американец |
| she is American | tja e amerikanka - тя е американка |
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| man | myzh - мъж |
| woman | zhena - жена |
| father | bashta - баща |
| mother | majka - майка |
| brother | brat - брат |
| sister | sestra - сестра |
| uncle | chicho - чичо |
| aunt | lelja - леля |
| bull | bik - бик |
| cow | krava - крава |
| boy | momche - момче |
| girl | momiche - момиче |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Feminine in Bulgarian has a logical pattern. Locate the Feminine above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Bulgarian.
List of Feminine in Bulgarian
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Bulgarian? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Bulgarian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Bulgarian Vocabulary |
| objects | obekti - обекти |
| bathroom | banja - баня |
| bed | leglo - легло |
| bedroom | spalnja - спалня |
| ceiling | tavan - таван |
| chair | stol - стол |
| clothes | drehi - дрехи |
| coat | palto - палто |
| cup | chasha - чаша |
| desk | bjuro - бюро |
| dress | roklja - рокля |
| floor | etazh - етаж |
| fork | vilica - вилица |
| furniture | mebeli - мебели |
| glass | styklo - стъкло |
| hat | shapka - шапка |
| house | kyshta - къща |
| ink | mastilo - мастило |
| jacket | jake - яке |
| kitchen | kuhnja - кухня |
| knife | nozh - нож |
| lamp | lampa - лампа |
| letter | pismo - писмо |
| map | karta - карта |
| newspaper | vestnik - вестник |
| notebook | belezhnik - бележник |
| pants | pantaloni - панталони |
| paper | hartija - хартия |
| pen | pisalka - писалка |
| pencil | moliv - молив |
| pharmacy | apteka - аптека |
| picture | snimka - снимка |
| plate | chinija - чиния |
| refrigerator | hladilnik - хладилник |
| restaurant | Restorant - Ресторант |
| roof | pokriv - покрив |
| room | staja - стая |
| rug | cherga - черга |
| scissors | nozhici - ножици |
| shampoo | shampoan - шампоан |
| shirt | riza - риза |
| shoes | obuvki - обувки |
| soap | sapun - сапун |
| socks | chorapi - чорапи |
| spoon | lyzhica - лъжица |
| table | masa - маса |
| toilet | toaletna - тоалетна |
| toothbrush | chetka za zybi - четка за зъби |
| toothpaste | pasta za zybi - паста за зъби |
| towel | kyrpa - кърпа |
| umbrella | chadyr - чадър |
| underwear | beljo - бельо |
| wall | stena - стена |
| wallet | portfejl - портфейл |
| window | prozorec - прозорец |
| telephone | telefon - телефон |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Bulgarian, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with Bulgarian Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Bulgarian lessons here: Learn Bulgarian. Don't forget to bookmark this page.