Finnish Gender
This page discusses the gender in Finnish. Below is a list of masculine (man) and feminine (woman) words. We picked the most popular ones.
Boy: poika
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Girl: tyttö
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Man: mies
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Woman: nainen
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Father: isä
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Mother: äiti
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Brother: veli
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Sister: sisko
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| Actor: näyttelijä |
| Actress: näyttelijätär |
| Cat (m): Kolli |
| Cat (f): Mirri |
These examples show a sentence with both genders (masculine or feminine). The list includes the use of nouns, adjectives and pronouns.
He is tall: Hän on pitkä
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She is tall: Hän on pitkä
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He is a short man: Hän on lyhyt mies
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She is a short woman: Hän on lyhyt nainen
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He is German: Hän on saksalainen
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She is German: Hän on saksalainen
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| Japanese men are friendly: Japanilaiset miehet ovat ystävällisiä |
| Japanese women are friendly: Japanilaiset naiset ovat ystävällisiä |
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