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Adjective gender for terms of endearment
When is человек used as the word man instead of мужчинаУсатый нянь or what to call a male nanny (babysitter)?Why “подруга”, not “друга”Is there a rule for figuring out the gender of a word?How do you describe homosexual marriages in Russian?What is the proper отчество for Cтанислау?Gender agreement for verbs and adjectivesWhich grammatical situations depend on the literal gender of a speaker?Nickname for person you don't likeGirlfriend vs friendWhat is the correct diminutive for Inna?
When addressing someone with a term of endearment, should the gender of "my" match the word or the person? For example, when addressing a male as "my star", would you say Звездочка моя or Звездочка мой?
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When addressing someone with a term of endearment, should the gender of "my" match the word or the person? For example, when addressing a male as "my star", would you say Звездочка моя or Звездочка мой?
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When addressing someone with a term of endearment, should the gender of "my" match the word or the person? For example, when addressing a male as "my star", would you say Звездочка моя or Звездочка мой?
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When addressing someone with a term of endearment, should the gender of "my" match the word or the person? For example, when addressing a male as "my star", would you say Звездочка моя or Звездочка мой?
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The gender of pronoun should match the gender of the endearment word.
Another example, there's a word of endearment зайчонок (bunny). When applied to a woman, as it often is, the combination looks like мой зайчонок where мой is a masculine form agreeing with masculine зайчонок.
However there're cases where а pronoun can also provisionally match the person's sex, that is when nouns have a feminine ending but are essentially gender-neutral, e.g. умница/чка, лапочка/лапуля, молодчина/нка and again зайка.
answered Mar 27 at 8:01
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I would say there would be common exceptions applied, like with profession denoting words, like "моя доктор" or "моя профессор". I think it can be appropriate here. Granted, such a term is not often used for endearment, but that is not impossible either.
– Arioch
Mar 29 at 13:55
Yet a Google search shows many instances of "моя котенок" (although the great majority are "мой котенок"). Does that mean there is some flexibility in this rule?
– Sagebrush Gardener
Mar 30 at 17:12
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@Sagebrush Gardener i personally wouldn't say моя котёнок, i've checked the Google results, there're very few instances of this combination where моя relates to котёнок, the rest are enumerations where commas are missed, or sentences with missed dashes (like моя - котёнок) so it creates false positives, i don't think there's flexibility, there're just people who would wring the language to express what they feel, the only instance where i could understand feminine next to котёнок is when котёнок (катёнок as it's pronounced) is derived from the name Катя
– Баян Купи-ка
Mar 30 at 18:25
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The answer to your question is NO. The describing word must correspond grammatically to the word you describe. These are grammatical relations and male/female problem is not really important here.
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The gender of pronoun should match the gender of the endearment word.
Another example, there's a word of endearment зайчонок (bunny). When applied to a woman, as it often is, the combination looks like мой зайчонок where мой is a masculine form agreeing with masculine зайчонок.
However there're cases where а pronoun can also provisionally match the person's sex, that is when nouns have a feminine ending but are essentially gender-neutral, e.g. умница/чка, лапочка/лапуля, молодчина/нка and again зайка.
answered Mar 27 at 8:01
Баян Купи-каБаян Купи-ка
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I would say there would be common exceptions applied, like with profession denoting words, like "моя доктор" or "моя профессор". I think it can be appropriate here. Granted, such a term is not often used for endearment, but that is not impossible either.
– Arioch
Mar 29 at 13:55
Yet a Google search shows many instances of "моя котенок" (although the great majority are "мой котенок"). Does that mean there is some flexibility in this rule?
– Sagebrush Gardener
Mar 30 at 17:12
1
@Sagebrush Gardener i personally wouldn't say моя котёнок, i've checked the Google results, there're very few instances of this combination where моя relates to котёнок, the rest are enumerations where commas are missed, or sentences with missed dashes (like моя - котёнок) so it creates false positives, i don't think there's flexibility, there're just people who would wring the language to express what they feel, the only instance where i could understand feminine next to котёнок is when котёнок (катёнок as it's pronounced) is derived from the name Катя
– Баян Купи-ка
Mar 30 at 18:25
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The gender of pronoun should match the gender of the endearment word.
Another example, there's a word of endearment зайчонок (bunny). When applied to a woman, as it often is, the combination looks like мой зайчонок where мой is a masculine form agreeing with masculine зайчонок.
However there're cases where а pronoun can also provisionally match the person's sex, that is when nouns have a feminine ending but are essentially gender-neutral, e.g. умница/чка, лапочка/лапуля, молодчина/нка and again зайка.
answered Mar 27 at 8:01
Баян Купи-каБаян Купи-ка
15.6k11338
I would say there would be common exceptions applied, like with profession denoting words, like "моя доктор" or "моя профессор". I think it can be appropriate here. Granted, such a term is not often used for endearment, but that is not impossible either.
– Arioch
Mar 29 at 13:55
Yet a Google search shows many instances of "моя котенок" (although the great majority are "мой котенок"). Does that mean there is some flexibility in this rule?
– Sagebrush Gardener
Mar 30 at 17:12
1
@Sagebrush Gardener i personally wouldn't say моя котёнок, i've checked the Google results, there're very few instances of this combination where моя relates to котёнок, the rest are enumerations where commas are missed, or sentences with missed dashes (like моя - котёнок) so it creates false positives, i don't think there's flexibility, there're just people who would wring the language to express what they feel, the only instance where i could understand feminine next to котёнок is when котёнок (катёнок as it's pronounced) is derived from the name Катя
– Баян Купи-ка
Mar 30 at 18:25
add a comment |
The gender of pronoun should match the gender of the endearment word.
Another example, there's a word of endearment зайчонок (bunny). When applied to a woman, as it often is, the combination looks like мой зайчонок where мой is a masculine form agreeing with masculine зайчонок.
However there're cases where а pronoun can also provisionally match the person's sex, that is when nouns have a feminine ending but are essentially gender-neutral, e.g. умница/чка, лапочка/лапуля, молодчина/нка and again зайка.
answered Mar 27 at 8:01
Баян Купи-каБаян Купи-ка
15.6k11338
The gender of pronoun should match the gender of the endearment word.
Another example, there's a word of endearment зайчонок (bunny). When applied to a woman, as it often is, the combination looks like мой зайчонок where мой is a masculine form agreeing with masculine зайчонок.
However there're cases where а pronoun can also provisionally match the person's sex, that is when nouns have a feminine ending but are essentially gender-neutral, e.g. умница/чка, лапочка/лапуля, молодчина/нка and again зайка.
answered Mar 27 at 8:01
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Баян Купи-каБаян Купи-ка
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Баян Купи-каБаян Купи-ка
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I would say there would be common exceptions applied, like with profession denoting words, like "моя доктор" or "моя профессор". I think it can be appropriate here. Granted, such a term is not often used for endearment, but that is not impossible either.
– Arioch
Mar 29 at 13:55
Yet a Google search shows many instances of "моя котенок" (although the great majority are "мой котенок"). Does that mean there is some flexibility in this rule?
– Sagebrush Gardener
Mar 30 at 17:12
1
@Sagebrush Gardener i personally wouldn't say моя котёнок, i've checked the Google results, there're very few instances of this combination where моя relates to котёнок, the rest are enumerations where commas are missed, or sentences with missed dashes (like моя - котёнок) so it creates false positives, i don't think there's flexibility, there're just people who would wring the language to express what they feel, the only instance where i could understand feminine next to котёнок is when котёнок (катёнок as it's pronounced) is derived from the name Катя
– Баян Купи-ка
Mar 30 at 18:25
add a comment |
I would say there would be common exceptions applied, like with profession denoting words, like "моя доктор" or "моя профессор". I think it can be appropriate here. Granted, such a term is not often used for endearment, but that is not impossible either.
– Arioch
Mar 29 at 13:55
Yet a Google search shows many instances of "моя котенок" (although the great majority are "мой котенок"). Does that mean there is some flexibility in this rule?
– Sagebrush Gardener
Mar 30 at 17:12
1
@Sagebrush Gardener i personally wouldn't say моя котёнок, i've checked the Google results, there're very few instances of this combination where моя relates to котёнок, the rest are enumerations where commas are missed, or sentences with missed dashes (like моя - котёнок) so it creates false positives, i don't think there's flexibility, there're just people who would wring the language to express what they feel, the only instance where i could understand feminine next to котёнок is when котёнок (катёнок as it's pronounced) is derived from the name Катя
– Баян Купи-ка
Mar 30 at 18:25
I would say there would be common exceptions applied, like with profession denoting words, like "моя доктор" or "моя профессор". I think it can be appropriate here. Granted, such a term is not often used for endearment, but that is not impossible either.
– Arioch
Mar 29 at 13:55
I would say there would be common exceptions applied, like with profession denoting words, like "моя доктор" or "моя профессор". I think it can be appropriate here. Granted, such a term is not often used for endearment, but that is not impossible either.
– Arioch
Mar 29 at 13:55
Yet a Google search shows many instances of "моя котенок" (although the great majority are "мой котенок"). Does that mean there is some flexibility in this rule?
– Sagebrush Gardener
Mar 30 at 17:12
Yet a Google search shows many instances of "моя котенок" (although the great majority are "мой котенок"). Does that mean there is some flexibility in this rule?
– Sagebrush Gardener
Mar 30 at 17:12
1
1
@Sagebrush Gardener i personally wouldn't say моя котёнок, i've checked the Google results, there're very few instances of this combination where моя relates to котёнок, the rest are enumerations where commas are missed, or sentences with missed dashes (like моя - котёнок) so it creates false positives, i don't think there's flexibility, there're just people who would wring the language to express what they feel, the only instance where i could understand feminine next to котёнок is when котёнок (катёнок as it's pronounced) is derived from the name Катя
– Баян Купи-ка
Mar 30 at 18:25
@Sagebrush Gardener i personally wouldn't say моя котёнок, i've checked the Google results, there're very few instances of this combination where моя relates to котёнок, the rest are enumerations where commas are missed, or sentences with missed dashes (like моя - котёнок) so it creates false positives, i don't think there's flexibility, there're just people who would wring the language to express what they feel, the only instance where i could understand feminine next to котёнок is when котёнок (катёнок as it's pronounced) is derived from the name Катя
– Баян Купи-ка
Mar 30 at 18:25
add a comment |
The answer to your question is NO. The describing word must correspond grammatically to the word you describe. These are grammatical relations and male/female problem is not really important here.
answered Mar 29 at 5:33
alexsmsalexsms
86217
add a comment |
The answer to your question is NO. The describing word must correspond grammatically to the word you describe. These are grammatical relations and male/female problem is not really important here.
answered Mar 29 at 5:33
alexsmsalexsms
86217
add a comment |
The answer to your question is NO. The describing word must correspond grammatically to the word you describe. These are grammatical relations and male/female problem is not really important here.
answered Mar 29 at 5:33
alexsmsalexsms
86217
The answer to your question is NO. The describing word must correspond grammatically to the word you describe. These are grammatical relations and male/female problem is not really important here.
answered Mar 29 at 5:33
alexsmsalexsms
86217
answered Mar 29 at 5:33
alexsmsalexsms
86217
answered Mar 29 at 5:33
alexsmsalexsms
86217
answered Mar 29 at 5:33
alexsmsalexsms
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86217
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