Slovene Feminine
Learning the Slovene 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 Slovene language. But first we need to know what the role of Feminine is in the structure of the grammar in Slovene.
Slovene 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 | Slovene Feminine |
| Feminine | Ženski spol |
| he is happy | srečen je |
| she is happy | srečna je |
| he is American | on je Američan |
| she is American | ona je Američanka |
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| man | moški |
| woman | ženska |
| father | oče |
| mother | mati |
| brother | brat |
| sister | sestra |
| uncle | stric |
| aunt | teta |
| bull | bik |
| cow | krava |
| boy | fant |
| girl | dekle |
As you can see from the example above, the structure of the Feminine in Slovene has a logical pattern. Locate the Feminine above and see how it works with the rest of the sentence in Slovenian.
List of Feminine in Slovene
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Slovene? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Slovene vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Slovene Vocabulary |
| objects | predmeti |
| bathroom | kopalnica |
| bed | postelja |
| bedroom | spalnica |
| ceiling | strop |
| chair | stol |
| clothes | oblačila |
| coat | plašč |
| cup | skodelica |
| desk | miza |
| dress | obleka |
| floor | tla |
| fork | vilice |
| furniture | pohištvo |
| glass | kozarec |
| hat | klobuk |
| house | hiša |
| ink | črnilo |
| jacket | jakna |
| kitchen | kuhinja |
| knife | nož |
| lamp | svetilka |
| letter | pismo |
| map | zemljevid |
| newspaper | časopis |
| notebook | zvezek |
| pants | hlače |
| paper | papir |
| pen | pero |
| pencil | svinčnik |
| pharmacy | lekarna |
| picture | slika |
| plate | krožnik |
| refrigerator | hladilnik |
| restaurant | restavracija |
| roof | streha |
| room | soba |
| rug | preproga |
| scissors | škarje |
| shampoo | šampon |
| shirt | srajca |
| shoes | čevlji |
| soap | milo |
| socks | nogavice |
| spoon | žlica |
| table | tabela |
| toilet | stranišče |
| toothbrush | zobna ščetka |
| toothpaste | zobna pasta |
| towel | brisača |
| umbrella | dežnik |
| underwear | spodnje perilo |
| wall | stena |
| wallet | denarnica |
| window | okno |
| telephone | telefon |
Feminine and Masculine have a very important role in Slovene, therefore they need very special attention. Once you're done with the Slovenian Feminine, you might want to check the rest of our Slovene lessons here: Learn Slovene. Don't forget to bookmark this page.