Grammatical Gender

قواعدی جنس

About this concept

Urdu has two genders: masculine (مذکر) and feminine (مؤنث). Gender affects verb forms, adjectives, and postpositions. Many masculine nouns end in -ā, feminine in -ī, but exceptions are common.

In Settemila Lingue, this concept generates a practice deck of ~35 cards at level A1.

Examples

لڑکا laṛkā (boy) - مذکرMasculine: -ā ending typical

لڑکی laṛkī (girl) - مؤنثFeminine: -ī ending typical

کتاب kitāb (book) - مؤنثFeminine: gender must be memorized

گھر ghar (house) - مذکرMasculine: no -ā ending (irregular)

Concepts that build on this

Singular and PluralA1 Basic PostpositionsA1 Adjective AgreementA1 Simple Past TenseA2

More A1 concepts

Urdu Script (Nastaliq)اردو رسم الخط (نستعلیق)Vowel Marks (Aerab)اعراب Personal Pronouns and Honorificsذاتی ضمیر اور اعزازی الفاظ Singular and Pluralواحد اور جمع ہونا - To Be (Present)فعل «ہونا» حال

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