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Belarusian Gender

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

Boy: хлопчык / хлапец / хлопец
chlopčyk / chlapiec / chlopiec
Girl: дзяўчынка / дзяўчына / дзяўчо
dziaŭčynka / dziaŭčyna / dziaŭčo
Man: чалавек; мужчына
čalaviek; mužčyna
Woman: жанчына
žančyna
Father: бацька
baćka
Mother: маці
macі
Brother: брат
brat
Sister: сястра
siastra
Actor: актор
aktor
Actress: акторка
aktorka
Cat (m): кот
kot
Cat (f): кошка
koška

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

He is tall: Ён высокі
Jon vysokі
She is tall: Яна высокая
Jana vysokaja
He is a short man: Ён невялікага росту
Jon nievialіkaha rostu
She is a short woman: Яна невялікага росту
Jana nievialіkaha rostu
He is German: Ён немец
Jon niemiec
She is German: Яна немка
Jana niemka
Japanese men are friendly: Японскія мужчыны дружалюбныя
Japonskіja mužčyny družaliubnyja
Japanese women are friendly: Японскія жанчыны дружалюбныя
Japonskіja žančyny družaliubnyja

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