• AccountMaker@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    English is barely gendered. In Slavic languages, as someone said, verbs are conjugated differently based on gender. In Serbian for instance, to say “I saw him”, you would say “Video sam ga” if you were a man, and “Videla sam ga” if you were a woman. In Arabic I think even more things vary based on gender, like “to you” has different forms based on whether “you” are a man or a woman. It might not be specifically that, but I distinctly recall Arabic using gender-based forms for something that Slavic languages don’t.

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        Three genders, and 5 words for “the”: der, die, das, dem, den. Depending on the gender of the noun and its function in the sentence.

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          And uses some of those words for “the” to be different versions of different genders in different cases.

          Der nominative male, der Dativ female.

          But call also be “that” or “which” or “who” depending on context.

          Not to mention declension of adjectives.

          Different declination for all three genders plus plural, plus differences for negation, no article, definite article, indefinite article all in in nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, version

          If Excel spreadsheets for different versions of “the” turn you on, then German is your language.