It’s a rare example of English being simpler than other languages, so I’m curious if it’s hard for a new speaker to keep the nouns straight without the extra clues.

  • Canadian_Cabinet
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    3524 hours ago

    To make matters worse, some languages have the exact same word but with a different gender. Heat in Spanish is el calor but in Catalán is la calor

    • @[email protected]
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      4423 hours ago

      To make matters even worse, in some languages the exact same word with different gender has different meaning.

      In German:
      “der Band”, male, = a (book) volume
      “das Band”, neutral, = ribbon
      “die Band”, female = (music) band

      Bonus: “die Bande” can be a gang, a sports barrier, and (relationship) ties.