English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense - eviltoast
  • Chiwiu@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    You sound odd, like a child or someone not fluent if you don’t use our misuse the genders of words.

    That being said, as native Spanish that lived in the UK for a while, I noticed that genders and verb forms are useful for providing more context when talking.

    Cannot think of specific examples now, but in general in a phrase if you don’t hear a word or don’t know the meaning, it is easier to guess it because the rest of the phrase is constructed around the gender and more complex verbal forms.