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The latin neuter still lives in a few common words in romance languages. For example, in Portuguese the words for "this" can be este, esta, isto. The first two
by coliveira 6y ago
The latin neuter still lives in a few common words in romance languages. For example, in Portuguese the words for "this" can be este, esta, isto. The first two are masculine and feminine. The third one is neuter, and doesn't go with masculine or feminine words. For example, you can say "este homem" (this man), but "isto" (this) remains alone.
- dasil003 6y agoSure but este/esse/esta/essa are demonstrative adjectives. Isso/isto are standalone nouns which don’t take adjectives themselves, so how do you distinguish their gender?