robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldimagemessage-square226fedilinkarrow-up1181arrow-down110
arrow-up1171arrow-down1imageEnglish may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square226fedilink
minus-squareasudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-210 months agois that like how you have to memorize every single articels (der, die, das) for every word in german?
minus-squareMuzle84@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 months agoExactly, gendered langage. But French has only two genders, no neutral like German. And the washing machine is a Lady, any machine btw :)
minus-squareZiglin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·10 months agoAnd then there’s the wars about der/die/das Nutella :>
minus-squaregeissi@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·10 months agoBut at least pronunciation is mostly consistent. In English two words can be written almost exactly the same but sound wildly different. Looking at you, words with “ough”
is that like how you have to memorize every single articels (der, die, das) for every word in german?
Exactly, gendered langage. But French has only two genders, no neutral like German. And the washing machine is a Lady, any machine btw :)
And then there’s the wars about der/die/das Nutella :>
But at least pronunciation is mostly consistent.
In English two words can be written almost exactly the same but sound wildly different.
Looking at you, words with “ough”