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• gustofwind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  usually if it ends in “a” it’s feminine versus “o” for masculine, but there are exceptions for that too!

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  • flandish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    interesting. language is interesting.

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    • Railcar8095@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

      Next week in "WTF is wrong with Spanish: ser and estar (“to be” and “to be, but like different”)

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      • calcopiritus@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I don’t know what dialect you speak where “Mano” is masculine. In Spain it is feminine, and I’ve never heard anyone say “el mano”. I’ve also never heard anyone say “el manita”.

        I don’t think “ser” and “estar” being different verbs is at all wrong with spanish. They are very clearly different concepts.

        You can be something because it is part of you “I am tall” or you can be something situationally “I am at the library”. What is weird to me is that English uses the same verb for those clearly different concepts.

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      • boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Somehow the ser vs estar distinction almost makes sense. I don’t like it but I understand it

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• Lembot_0005@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Last letter/sound matters. Some – female, some – male, some – neutral (we have 3 grammatical genders in my language)

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  • flandish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    “matters” but curious where the logic or rules come from and is it harder than expected for folks who cannot hear the sound?

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    • Lembot_0005@lemy.lol ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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      • flandish@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        interesting. i know there are some linguistics books out there I may look into any about this. appreciated the replies!

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