Last letter/sound matters. Some – female, some – male, some – neutral (we have 3 grammatical genders in my language)
Comment on why
flandish@lemmy.world 5 hours agocurious: but why? is there a formula or is it a combination of memorization with relations? ie: “i dont remember the gender of a trash can but I know a cooking pot is male and I cook like trash so a trash can is male?”
Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 3 hours ago
flandish@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
“matters” but curious where the logic or rules come from and is it harder than expected for folks who cannot hear the sound?
Lembot_0005@lemy.lol 3 hours ago
logic or rules come from
That is a “natural” language. Not C++ or Esperanto. No logic. Just bullshit and idiocy.
is it harder than expected for folks who cannot hear the sound?
Absolutely trivial for anyone. If the word ends with “a”, it is female. If any consonant – male, “o” – neutral.
flandish@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
interesting. i know there are some linguistics books out there I may look into any about this. appreciated the replies!
gustofwind@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
usually if it ends in “a” it’s feminine versus “o” for masculine, but there are exceptions for that too!
flandish@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
interesting. language is interesting.
Railcar8095@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
And easy. For example “futbolista” is “female football player”, because it ends in “a”, and “futbolista” is “male football player” because… Wait what?
Another easy example is “mar” (sea). It’s clearly masculine. Except if you’re a poet in love with the sea and you make it female because “no homo” I guess.
Or my favorite, Mano (hand), witch is strong so obviously male. But if it’s little hand (manita) then it’s not strong so female. Except in some counties were remains male.
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