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Re: I've just realized something! (m)
by Ailis
7/20/2009, 3:00 PM
in reply to a message by blaaarg
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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Acacia  ·  Sabrina Fair  ·  7/20/2009, 12:46 PM
•Re: Acacia  ·  Alcyone  ·  7/20/2009, 4:50 PM
•Re: Acacia  ·  brighton18  ·  7/20/2009, 3:35 PM
•Re: Acacia  ·  itskokosfault  ·  7/20/2009, 1:54 PM
•Re: Acacia  ·  TheDreadedSockMonkey  ·  7/20/2009, 1:31 PM
•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