Sprzedawca, no any gender?

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asked by
Kasia published
almost 3 years ago
Hello repeto, I noticed the word of sprzedawca. I know the general rule of Polish which is "a" meaning female, but why sprzedawca also means male shop assistant? Dziękuję bardzo :)
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answered by
Pawel published
almost 3 years ago

Hi Kasia, thanks for interesting question.

You are right, normally nouns ending with a have feminine grammatical gender. However, there are exceptions, some of them are masculine. Here are a few examples:

poeta, kolega, sprzedawca, dentysta, kierowca

so sprzedawca is a male shop assistant, the female shop assistant is sprzedawczyni

answered by
Kasia published
almost 3 years ago

Thank you for answering!

it reminds me father in Polish, tata is also male grammatical gender! :)

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