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Bosnian Gender

This page discusses the gender in Bosnian. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.

Boy: dječak
Girl: djevojčica
Man: čovjek
Woman: žena
Father: otac
Mother: majka
Brother: brat
Sister: sestra
Actor: glumac
Actress: glumica
Cat (m): mačak
Cat (f): mačka

These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.

He is tall: On je visok
She is tall: Ona je visoka
He is a short man: On je nizak čovjek
She is a short woman: Ona je niska žena
He is German: On je Nijemac
She is German: Ona je Njemica
Japanese men are friendly: Japanci su ljubazni
Japanese women are friendly: Japanke su ljubazne

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