3.1 |
Nouns: masculine and feminine |
Urdu nouns are either masculine or feminine.The gender of each noun is given in the vocabulary list. For each gender there are two types of nouns, as shown below:
Examples: |
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لڑکا ، کڑا ، بوندا ، سنترا ، روپے |
Masculine nouns: Type 1 Ending in ا |
پھل ، بندر ، ہاتھی ، آدمی ، ہار ، گھر ، آلو |
Masculine nouns: Type 2 Not ending inآ(all the rest) |
لڑکی ، سبزی ، پوری ، چوڑی ، روٹی ، لوکی ، چابی |
Feminine nouns: Type 1 Ending inیِ |
ماتا ، عورت ،بس ، دوکان |
Feminine nouns: Type 2 Not ending inیِ(all the rest) |
Note that there are some masculine nouns that look like feminine nouns ( ہاتھی ، آدمی ، پان) and there are some feminine nouns that look like masculine nouns (ماتا) You just have to memorize which is which.
Why do you need
to know the gender of each noun? Remember, in Urdu, verb
conjugations must agree with the subject's gender, and you
will see that adjectives and possessives also agree with
the gender of their nouns
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See Snell's Teach Yourself Hindi (2000)
Section 1.3 page 23 |
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