Exactly and in Romance languages it works just like in all other Indo-European languages.rhowaldt wrote: and i really don't know the answer to Wux' question, because in Dutch the noun doesn't change depending on the gender so if beer is masculine, it will always stay masculine no matter which gender is drinking it.
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<3 ;)ivanovnegro wrote:Romance languages
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^^^ + ^^ Right - thanks, that is exactly the answer I wanted.
It's just English that changes that around then?
It's just English that changes that around then?
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Wait. Now you confuse me Wux.
Let's do an example.
1. English: his beer; her beer
2. German: sein Bier; ihr Bier
- the noun stays the same, in English you give a fuck :) and in German it is neutral, means the gender of beer does not change
3. Spanish: su cerveza; su cerveza
- the noun is feminine but the possessive pronoun does not change, in this case the Spaniards take it equally, I guess the French, too
Let's do an example.
1. English: his beer; her beer
2. German: sein Bier; ihr Bier
- the noun stays the same, in English you give a fuck :) and in German it is neutral, means the gender of beer does not change
3. Spanish: su cerveza; su cerveza
- the noun is feminine but the possessive pronoun does not change, in this case the Spaniards take it equally, I guess the French, too
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perhaps there is some misunderstanding, indeed. to help clarify, in Dutch it is the same as German.
4. Dutch: zijn bier; haar bier
4. Dutch: zijn bier; haar bier
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Someone said english has more exceptions to rules, than it has rules...
I have no idea.
I have no idea.
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^ heh, those exceptions are the rules - yeah I'm good at confusion, seems I have a talent for it.
yeah that really answered my question, French is probably the same as spanish, can't remember now.
yeah that really answered my question, French is probably the same as spanish, can't remember now.
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i divide my time between being a grammar nazi and a language anarchist. it gets confusing sometimes.
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We only have grammar nazis at work :(
We are expected to have good English, but then we get mails from natives, like:
"No [wux] we can end emails to [redacted] but she can
receive them but not send out. Been a little to stretched to look any
further have had her laptop and mine side by side looking at the emap
addresses etc and still doesn't work."
WUT?
We are expected to have good English, but then we get mails from natives, like:
"No [wux] we can end emails to [redacted] but she can
receive them but not send out. Been a little to stretched to look any
further have had her laptop and mine side by side looking at the emap
addresses etc and still doesn't work."
WUT?
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native speakers are often worse with the language than non-native speakers :)
All statements are true in some sense, false in some sense, meaningless in some sense, true and false in some sense, true and meaningless in some sense, false and meaningless in some sense, and true and false and meaningless in some sense.