English: queen cat, female cat
German: Katze, weibliche Katze
Esperanto: katino
The feminine ending '-ja' can be used to create names for female animals and persons from generic words. The word for cat is katt. Hy-katt can be used to specify a male cat.
Ik
hæbban æn kattja.
Myn
katt byan æn hy-katt.
Myn
bærn hæbban twæ lœtt kattjas.
Ik
haebban aen kattja.
Myn
katt byan aen hy-katt.
Myn
baern haebban twae loett kattjas.
I
have a female cat.
My
cat is a tomcat (male cat).
My
child has two little female cats.
The first Amerysk version uses special letters, the second is the same thing using the alternative letters. The special letters show up just fine on my computer, but I wonder if everyone can see them OK. Do you?
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