krāsa – color
(masculine)
When describing color of masculine things, majority of the time the word will end in “-s“. For example, melns suns – black dog. Suns – dog is a masculine word, therefore color before it will be masculine.
But there are some exceptions. For example “rozā” – pink will stay “rozā” for feminine and masculine.
Let’s learn a few basic colors:
melns – black
zils – blue
zaļš – green
oranžs – orange
rozā – pink
sarkans – red
dzeltens – yellow
balts – white
brūns – brown
tas ir melns – that is black (masculine)
(feminine)
When describing color of feminine things, majority of the time the word will end in “-a“. For example, zaļa zāle – green grass.
melna – black
zila – blue
zaļa – green
oranža – orange
rozā – pink
sarkana – red
dzeltena – yellow
balta – white
brūna – brown
tā ir melna – that is black (feminine)
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