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Maltese Gender

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

Boy: Tifel
Girl: Tifla
Man: Raġel
Woman: Mara
Father: Missier
Mother: Omm
Brother: Ħu
Sister: Oħt
Actor: Attur
Actress: Attriċi
Cat (m): Qattus
Cat (f): Qattusa

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

He is tall: Hu huwa twil
She is tall: Hi hija twila
He is a short man: Hu huwa raġel qasir
She is a short woman: Hi hija mara qasira
He is German: Hu huwa Ġermaniż
She is German: Hi hija Ġermaniża
Japanese men are friendly: L-irġiel Ġappuniżi huma dħulin
Japanese women are friendly: In-nisa Ġappuniżi huma dħulin

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