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Esperanto Gender

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

Boy: knabo
Girl: knabino
Man: viro
Woman: virino
Father: patro
Mother: patrino
Brother: frato
Sister: fratino
Actor: aktoro
Actress: aktorino
Cat (m): virkato
Cat (f): katino

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

He is tall: Li estas granda
She is tall: Ŝi estas granda
He is a short man: Li estas malgranda viro
She is a short woman: Ŝi estas malgranda virino
He is German: Li estas germano
She is German: Ŝi estas germanino
Japanese men are friendly: Japanaj viroj estas afablaj
Japanese women are friendly: Japanaj virinoj estas afablaj

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