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This page discusses the gender in Hebrew. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.
Boy: ילד Yeled |
Girl: ילדה Yalda |
Man: איש Ish |
Woman: אשה Isha |
Father: אבא Abba |
Mother: אמא Imma |
Brother: אח Akh |
Sister: אחות Akhot |
Actor: שחקן Sakhkan |
Actress: שחקנית Sakhkanit |
Cat (m): חתול Khatul |
Cat (f): חתולה Khatula |
These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.
He is tall: הוא גבוה Hu gavo'a |
She is tall: היא גבוהה Hi gvo'ah |
He is a short man: הוא אדם נמוך קומה Hu adam namukh koma |
She is a short woman: היא אשה נמוכת קומה Hi isha nemukha koma |
He is German: הוא גרמני Hu g'ermani |
She is German: היא גרמניה Hi g'ermanyia |
Japanese men are friendly: גברים יפאנים ידידותיים Gvarim yepanim yedidutiim |
Japanese women are friendly: נשים יפאניות ידידותיות Nashim yepaniot yedidutiot |
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