robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 年前English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsenselemmy.worldimagemessage-square223linkfedilinkarrow-up1185arrow-down110
arrow-up1175arrow-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 · 2 年前message-square223linkfedilink
minus-squareasudox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 年前is that like how you have to memorize every single articels (der, die, das) for every word in german?
minus-squareMuzle84@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 年前Exactly, gendered langage. But French has only two genders, no neutral like German. And the washing machine is a Lady, any machine btw :)
minus-squareZiglin (it/they)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 年前And then there’s the wars about der/die/das Nutella :>
minus-squaregeissi@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 年前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”
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”