hi all this time is bout neuter nouns: masculine and feminine nouns are divided in consonant vs vocal ending (hard vs soft). What bout neuter? in my book there are 4 guide nouns but they all end with a vocal: mesto, more, prase and staveni Hope someone can help thanx
Hi Kikko, in Czech there are different consonants according to which declension is made. There are hard consonants: h, ch, k, r, d, t, n, g, soft consonants: s, c , r, z, t, d, n (all with hacek!), c, j and hard-soft consonants: b, f, l, m, p, s, v and z. Hence you have the guide words: male (animate): pán (ending in hard consonant) mu (ending in soft consonant) predseda (hard consonant before vowel) soudce (ending in-ce, soft consonant before vowel) male (inanimate): hrad (hard consonant) stroj (soft consonant) female: ena (hard consonant before vowel) růe/zeme (soft or hard-soft consonant before vowel) písen (soft consonant) kost (hard consonant) neuter: mesto (hard or hard-soft consonant before vowel) more/hrite (consonant before vowel -e or -ě) kure, tene (terms for young animals, e.g. kote; terms for nobility or other persons at court, e.g. kníe (only in plural, it´s male in singular), páe; terms for things and plants, e.g. rajce) stavení (hard-soft or soft consonant before vowel -í; the word úterý) You may have different guide words but they shall display the same principle. Have a look at our Grammar Section, too. [This message has been edited by Anke (edited October 03, 2002).] [This message has been edited by Anke (edited October 03, 2002).]