I know a lot of languages have some aspects that probably seem a bit strange to non-native speakers…in the case of gendered words is there a point other than “just the way its always been” that explains it a bit better?
I don’t have gendered words in my native language, and from the outside looking in I’m not sure what gendered words actually provide in terms of context? Is there more to it that I’m not quite following?
It makes some sense for people-related words like a person’s’ occupation. Why are objects gendered though?
This I don’t know but I would suspect it’s a mix of poetry, usage, and the Latin root, at least in French.