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Grammar reference

Grammatical gender

gramatický rod

Slovak nouns belong to masculine, feminine, or neuter gender.

Core rule

What changes

Every Slovak noun has a grammatical gender: masculine, feminine, or neuter.

Learn each noun with its gender because it changes adjective endings, pronouns, and past-tense verbs.

Pattern

Adjective endings follow gender

  • masculine adjective ending: -ý
  • feminine adjective ending: -á
  • neuter adjective ending: -é

See it in use

Examples

  1. dobrý muž a good man
  2. dobrá žena a good woman
  3. dobré mesto a good city

Source

Reference

Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra SAV ↗

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