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[Opinions] Re: I've just realized something! (m)

by Sofia

7/20/2009, 4:32 PM

If those were the examples used maybe she was confused by those particular ones, since boy, man, husband, brother all represent a male person and girl, woman, wife, sister... all are female persons.

It's even harder when your language has one gender for a noun and then you learn a new language and they have a different gender. Spanish and Croatian are close in this, but German sometimes killed me:-(

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•Re: Acacia · hhhhhmmmmm · 7/20/2009, 1:08 PM

•No, it's unisex since it's a tree :) nt · Sabrina Fair · 7/20/2009, 1:09 PM

•In Croatian it's a female noun (m) · Sofia · 7/20/2009, 1:22 PM

•oh I see nt · Sabrina Fair · 7/20/2009, 1:23 PM

•I've just realized something! (m) · Sofia · 7/20/2009, 1:46 PM

•Enlish and Japanese don't. Romance languages and most Germanic languages do, however. nt · Dracotorix · 7/20/2009, 7:11 PM

•And Hungarian, didn't know about Japanese nt · Sofia · 7/21/2009, 12:51 AM

•Re: I've just realized something! (m) · Leah · 7/20/2009, 4:24 PM

•Re: I've just realized something! (m) · mafiosa · 7/20/2009, 4:37 PM

•Re: I've just realized something! (m) · Sofia · 7/20/2009, 4:32 PM

•Yep · Llewella · 7/20/2009, 2:29 PM

•Re: I've just realized something! (m) · blaaarg · 7/20/2009, 2:29 PM

•Re: I've just realized something! (m) · Ailis · 7/20/2009, 3:00 PM

•Really? (m) · Sofia · 7/20/2009, 3:54 PM

•LOL (m) · Sofia · 7/20/2009, 2:41 PM

•I never noticed that! interesting :) nt · Sabrina Fair · 7/20/2009, 2:05 PM

•Re: Acacia · xPrincess27x · 7/20/2009, 12:47 PM

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