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.

    • @BrianTheeBiscuiteer
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      81 month ago

      As the speaker of an English language me can tell you is not a difficult.

    • @JeremyHuntQW12
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      21 month ago

      …because its the articles which are not gendered, not the nouns.

    • @[email protected]
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      21 month ago

      Because recognising when to use “a”, “the”, or 0 article is tricky.

      A/an is usually fine. 0 article and the are tricky, and then getting it right on the fly is hard.

      We take it all for granted and get it, but they’re hard for people who don’t have an equivalent in their first language.