@[email protected] to Lemmy [email protected]English • 9 months agoEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldimagemessage-square362arrow-up11.47Karrow-down141
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minus-squareI Cast Fistlinkfedilink4•9 months agoPortuguese and Spanish also have that, to a certain degree, but there are some “trap words”, like mapa (map), which is masculine, and a number of words that don’t end with a/o to easily guess.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•9 months agoAnd words that are feminine but are still used with ‘el’ and ‘un’ because they start with a stressed a
Portuguese and Spanish also have that, to a certain degree, but there are some “trap words”, like mapa (map), which is masculine, and a number of words that don’t end with a/o to easily guess.
And words that are feminine but are still used with ‘el’ and ‘un’ because they start with a stressed a