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Learning the Latvian Feminine displayed below is vital to the language. Latvian feminine refers to female qualities attributed specifically to women and girls or things considered feminine. The complement to feminine is masculine.
In Latvian all nouns are either masculine or feminine. For example: vīrietis (man), sieviete (woman), māsa (sister), brālis (brother).
Some masculine words (usually professions) can be changed into feminine, simply by removing the masculine ending (– s) and adding a vowel (-a or –e). For example:
Students (student masc.) becomes studente (student fem.), ārsts (doctor masc.) becomes ārste (doctor fem), skolotājs (teacher masc.) becomes skolotāja (teacher fem.)
Here are some examples:
| English Feminine | Latvian Feminine |
|---|---|
| Feminine | Sieviešu dzimte |
| he is happy | viņš ir laimīgs |
| she is happy | viņa ir laimīga |
| he is American | viņš ir amerikānis |
| she is American | viņa ir amerikāniete |
| man | vīrietis |
| woman | sieviete |
| father | tēvs |
| mother | māte |
| brother | brālis |
| sister | māsa |
| uncle | tēvocis |
| aunt | tante |
| bull | tēviņš |
| cow | mātīte |
| boy | zēns |
| girl | meitene |
Notice the structure of the Feminine in Latvian.
Below is a list of objects, can you determine whether they're feminine, masculine or plural in Latvian? Memorizing this table will also help you add very useful and important words to your Latvian vocabulary.
| English Vocabulary | Latvian Vocabulary |
|---|---|
| objects | objekti /priekšmeti |
| bathroom | vannas istaba |
| bed | gulta |
| bedroom | guļamistaba |
| ceiling | griesti |
| chair | krēsls |
| clothes | apģērbs |
| coat | mētelis |
| cup | kauss |
| desk | rakstāmgalds |
| dress | kleita |
| floor | stāvs /grīda |
| fork | dakša |
| furniture | mēbeles |
| glass | glāze |
| hat | cepure |
| house | māja |
| ink | tinte |
| jacket | jaka |
| kitchen | virtuve |
| knife | nazis |
| lamp | lampa |
| letter | vēstule |
| map | karte |
| newspaper | avīze |
| notebook | piezīmju grāmatiņa |
| pants | bikses |
| paper | papīrs |
| pen | pildspalva |
| pencil | zīmulis |
| pharmacy | aptieka |
| picture | bilde |
| plate | šķīvis, ēdiens |
| refrigerator | ledusskapis |
| restaurant | restorāns |
| roof | jumts |
| room | istaba |
| rug | paklājs |
| scissors | šķēres |
| shampoo | šampūns |
| shirt | krekls |
| shoes | kurpes |
| soap | ziepes |
| socks | īsās zeķes |
| spoon | karote |
| table | galds |
| toilet | tualete |
| toothbrush | zobu birstīte |
| toothpaste | zobu pasta |
| towel | dvielis |
| umbrella | lietussargs |
| underwear | apakšveļa |
| wall | siena |
| wallet | maks |
| window | logs |
| telephone | tālrunis |
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