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HelpRe: I've just realized something! (m)
in reply to a message by Sofia
That would make sense, about the unisex word names.
Jeez, why do languages have gendered nouns in the first place? It's so baffling.
Jeez, why do languages have gendered nouns in the first place? It's so baffling.
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It's even weirder when the actual word doesn't agree with the gender. In Irish, the word for girl, cáilín, is a masculine noun. Does that make any sense to you? I've always found it really weird, but it's because all nouns that end with -ín are masculine, no exceptions made.
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Really?
I've never heard of that happening! In Croatian even if a noun ends in -a (usually female), but it's a word for a male person (Can't think of example) it would still be male. But then we're big on the 'exception from the rule' thing, lol.
I've never heard of that happening! In Croatian even if a noun ends in -a (usually female), but it's a word for a male person (Can't think of example) it would still be male. But then we're big on the 'exception from the rule' thing, lol.
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LOL
I agree it's very baffling, but I can't imagine not knowing what gender something is instinctively. Like when people give male names to 'female' things or call everything IT (I always want to say he for a car or she for a chair)...
You think that's baffling, try having seven cases and change word forms of nouns, adjectives, numbers for all seven of them, LOL!
I agree it's very baffling, but I can't imagine not knowing what gender something is instinctively. Like when people give male names to 'female' things or call everything IT (I always want to say he for a car or she for a chair)...
You think that's baffling, try having seven cases and change word forms of nouns, adjectives, numbers for all seven of them, LOL!
This message was edited 7/20/2009, 2:42 PM
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