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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.

O que você vai aprender

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.

Dicas e truques (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

Vocabulário-chave (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

Erros comuns

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)
Correto: मुलगी जाते (Girl goes - feminine verb)

Adjectives must also agree with the gender of the noun.

Wrong: पुस्तक आहे मोठा (Book is big - masculine)
Correto: 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)
Correto: 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.

Label household items with sticky notes

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Prática rápida (10)

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:

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

Fill in the blank.

ती ___ हुशार आहे.

✓ Correct! ✗ Not quite. Correct answer: मुलगी
मुलगी is feminine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Feminine Noun Endings

Fill in the correct pronoun.

___ मुलगा आहे.

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

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Gender Forms

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 gender.

घर (House) is:

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

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Irregular Gender Forms

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: To
Mulga is masculine.

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Predicting Gender by Meaning

Choose the correct pronoun.

___ गाडी लाल आहे.

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

frontend.learn_grammar.from_rule: Feminine Noun Endings

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Perguntas comuns (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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