English for the most part has no different noun genders
... You act like this is a bad thing.
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English for the most part has no different noun genders
...I also live in a Midwest US suburb where people "ain't got no" something more often than they "don't have any" of it.
... You act like this is a bad thing.
Mon francias c'est tres nul, mais it's tres amusant to parle it in front of my amis pas que they all study francais et then they throw livres dans my tete.
Bon temps.
English for the most part has no different noun genders,
and only two forms of verbs in the present tense; that much is crazily condensed compared to other languages.
This is probably also partly due to my insane pickiness, and my habit of correcting everyone's grammar mistakes as soon as they hit the air, but I also live in a Midwest US suburb where people "ain't got no" something more often than they "don't have any" of it.
There is something overwhelmingly satisfying about looking at text in a foreign language and not seeing it as total gibberish. :3
Salvete! Clueo Zuem, et loquor Linguam Latinam. (Yes, Zuu is now 3M/F: Zuu, Zuis, Zui, Zuem, Zue; Zues, Zuum, Zuibus, Zues, Zuibus. Deal with it.)
[I think you meant a, which means at] my head.
ave, amicus meus, mihi delectat linguam latinam loquor potes et erratos non facis!
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Yeah, this is a good thing. Noun genders are arbitrary and useless. Why would you want them? I speak Spanish and they don't enhance the language. Spanish has some advantages over English but noun gender is definitely not one of them.
I'll never understand the fascination English speakers have with noun genders. o.o I've actually heard this sentiment a lot before.
This might sound like a stupid question, but it's slightly related. I've often wondered why there are gender pronouns. I don't really see the point, since it only helps with ambiguity if you're talking about two people who identify differently. Most languages seem to have them and I've always wondered why, has it ever been entirely necessary to use them?
Why are there only two (I know there are languages that have more than two but in my experience most have two when referring to people) when we could have more, and we could even use other arbitrary differences between people to base pronouns off of.
It might be a bit more confusing but calling everyone 'it' would have been much easier. It works for when we're talking about animals!