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The Three Genders

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Master the Marathi gender system to speak with natural accuracy and confidence.

  • Identify noun genders by their endings.
  • Predict gender based on natural meaning.
  • Handle irregular nouns with ease.
Unlock the rhythm of Marathi nouns.

Was du lernen wirst

Understanding Masculine, Feminine, and Neuter nouns. How gender affects word endings.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter, you will be able to:

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    By the end you will be able to: Correctly categorize common household objects by their grammatical gender.

Tipps & Tricks (4)

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Memorize with Adjectives

Always learn a noun with its adjective to remember the gender.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Masculine Noun Endings
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Listen for the 'ई'

When you hear a noun, listen for the ending. If it sounds like 'ee', it's likely feminine.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Feminine Noun Endings
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Look for -e

Most neuter nouns end in -e.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Neuter Noun Endings
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Learn with the article

Always learn 'to', 'ti', or 'te' with the noun.
frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predicting Gender by Meaning

Wichtige Vokabeln (5)

मुलगा (mulga) boy मुलगी (mulgi) girl पुस्तक (pustak) book आई (aai) mother वडील (vadeel) father

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Review Summary

  • Noun + a
  • Noun + i
  • Noun + e/a

Häufige Fehler

You used a masculine verb with a feminine noun. Always match the verb gender to the noun gender.

Wrong: मुलगी जातो (Girl goes - masculine verb)
Richtig: मुलगी जाते (Girl goes - feminine verb)

Adjectives must also agree with the gender of the noun.

Wrong: पुस्तक आहे मोठा (Book is big - masculine)
Richtig: पुस्तक आहे मोठे (Book is big - neuter)

Even if the word doesn't end in -i, the natural gender of the person dictates the grammatical gender.

Wrong: आई जातो (Mother goes - masculine)
Richtig: आई जाते (Mother goes - feminine)

Next Steps

You've mastered the building blocks of Marathi! Keep practicing and you'll be speaking like a native in no time.

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Schnelle Übung (10)

Fix the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

Ti mulga आहे.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: To mulga
Mulga is masculine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predicting Gender by Meaning

Choose the masculine noun.

Which is masculine?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: c
Mulgā is masculine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Masculine Noun Endings

Fix the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

तो पेटी मोठी आहे.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ती पेटी मोठी आहे
पेटी is feminine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Feminine Noun Endings

Fill in the correct pronoun.

___ शाळा मोठी आहे.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ती
Shala is feminine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Gender Forms

Choose the correct pronoun.

___ गाडी लाल आहे.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ती
गाडी is feminine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Feminine Noun Endings

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

ते शाळा आहे.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: ती शाळा आहे.
Shala is feminine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Gender Forms

Fix the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

आंबा गोडी आहे.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: a
Correct adjective.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Masculine Noun Endings

Select the correct gender.

What is the gender of 'ghar'?

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: Neuter
Ghar is neuter.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predicting Gender by Meaning

Fill in the correct pronoun.

___ मुलगा आहे.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: तो
Mulga is masculine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Gender Forms

Correct the sentence.

Find and fix the mistake:

ती मुलगा आहे.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: तो मुलगा आहे.
Mulga is masculine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Gender Forms

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Häufige Fragen (6)

Almost all, but check for exceptions.
Check a dictionary or learn it in context.
Most are, but not all. Some exceptions exist.
Check the ending and the dictionary.
Most are, but some are masculine or feminine.
It's a grammatical feature of Indo-Aryan languages to categorize nouns.
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