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

    in greek (also gender for every noun, chair is female, dog is male and washing machine is “neutral”) it’s weird when someone uses the wrong gender. mostly non-natives mix them up

    borrowed words are mostly neutral like μπουζί (spark plug) or ντουζ (shower)

    as to what’s english missing I’d say complexity. Learning english and just being able to throw “the” behind any inanimate object is amazing. Also learning the genders that differ from your own language (learning french for example where a cat I think is male but in greek it’s female) is even more difficult