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.

  • superkret@feddit.org
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    17 days 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.