TheDarkKnightAug 23, 2023

What's the point of gendered words in certain languages?

https://lemmy.world/post/3664682

What's the point of gendered words in certain languages? - Lemmy.world

I know a lot of languages have some aspects that probably seem a bit strange to non-native speakers…in the case of gendered words is there a point other than “just the way its always been” that explains it a bit better? I don’t have gendered words in my native language, and from the outside looking in I’m not sure what gendered words actually provide in terms of context? Is there more to it that I’m not quite following?

Show threadScrofAug 23, 2023

Both my native language (Russian) and the one I use most often (Hebrew) have gendered words. The first one has a “middle” neutral gender, and the latter one even has a full set of gendered pronouns, every pronoun except for “I” has a goddamn gender. This shit is endlessly confusing and makes no practical sense except to annoy people using these languages.

That’s one of the reasons why I love English so much, English is nice.

Show threadSokathHisEyesOpen

This shit is endlessly confusing and makes no practical sense

Identifying the gender of the subject has some practicality.

Aug 23, 2023 at 8:32pmWeb