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> Grammatically, it is the same. Grammatical gender does not refer to biological sex, but rather a categorization system of nouns and their associated inflectio
by Swizec 6y ago
> Grammatically, it is the same. Grammatical gender does not refer to biological sex, but rather a categorization system of nouns and their associated inflection patterns.
Yep, a chair is male in Slovenian, but tree is neuter. Cats are feminine, dogs are male.
Studying German and French I quickly learned that their categories are different. You have to memorize the gender together with noun. Often you can guess correctly based on the suffix.
- qayxc 6y agoYeah, it's a common joke in German that you can't tell someone's gender by looking at their face: the nose is female ("die Nase"), the mouth is male ("der Mund") and the eyes are neuter ("das Auge") :D