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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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