Rod - Gender (Grammar lesson)

Question 1

Common endings for masculine singluar nouns

Answer 1

-ending in a consonant (some exceptions are feminine)
-a (for athletes, certain professions and people, ie. kolega - colleague, hokejista - hockey player)

Question 2

Common endings for feminine singular nouns

Answer 2

-a
-ia
-ka (for athletes, certain professions and people, ie. hokejistka - hockey player)
-áreň
-osť

Question 3

Common endings for neuter singular nouns

Answer 3

-o
-um
-e
-ie
-a (for certain young people, young animals ie. dievča - girl, teľa - calf)

Question 4

Common endings for masculine plural nouns

Answer 4

-i (for certain people, ie. muži - men)
-ovia (for certain people, ie. kolegovia - colleagues)
-y (when preceded by a hard consonant, ie - plány)
-e (when preceded by a soft consonants, ie - počítače)

Question 5

Common endings for feminine plural nouns

Answer 5

-y (when preceded by a hard consonant, ie. ženy - women)
-e (when preceded by a soft consonant, ie. stanice - stations)
-i (when preceded by osť, ie. miestnosti - rooms)

Question 6

Common endings for neuter plural nouns

Answer 6

-á (replacing -o ending nouns in sg)
-ia (often replacing -e or -ie ending nouns in sg)
-atá (plural ending of -a ending nouns in sg)