Hello!
Could someone please give an outline of the gender system in Slavic languages?
From what I've read:
Polish:
1. personal masculine
2. animate masculine
3. inanimate masculine
4. feminine
5. neuter
Czech & Slovak:
1. animate masculine
2. inanimate masculine
3. feminine
4. neuter
Slovenian & Serbo-Croatian:
1. masculine
2. feminine
3. neuter
I'm especially interested in the opposition between personal vs. animate vs. inanimate.
Do they only exist in Polish, Czech, and Slovak?
Does such applies only to masculine nouns (and adjectives)?
Thank you!
Mika
Could someone please give an outline of the gender system in Slavic languages?
From what I've read:
Polish:
1. personal masculine
2. animate masculine
3. inanimate masculine
4. feminine
5. neuter
Czech & Slovak:
1. animate masculine
2. inanimate masculine
3. feminine
4. neuter
Slovenian & Serbo-Croatian:
1. masculine
2. feminine
3. neuter
I'm especially interested in the opposition between personal vs. animate vs. inanimate.
Do they only exist in Polish, Czech, and Slovak?
Does such applies only to masculine nouns (and adjectives)?
Thank you!
Mika