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Ukrainian Gender

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

Boy: хлопчик
khlopchyk
Girl: дівчина
divchyna
Man: чоловік
cholovik
Woman: жінка
zhinka
Father: батько
batʹko
Mother: мати
maty
Brother: брат
brat
Sister: сестра
sestra
Actor: актор
aktor
Actress: акторка
aktorka
Cat (m): кіт
kit
Cat (f): кішка
kishka

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

He is tall: Він високий
Vin vysokyy
She is tall: Вона висока
Vona vysoka
He is a short man: Він низький чоловік
Vin nyzʹkyy cholovik
She is a short woman: Вона низька жінка
Vona nyzʹka zhinka
He is German: Він - німець
Vin - nimetsʹ
She is German: Вона - німкеня
Vona - nimkenya
Japanese men are friendly: Японці дружелюбні
Yapontsi druzhelyubni
Japanese women are friendly: Японки дружелюбні
Yaponky druzhelyubni

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