Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: ROCKLOBSTER

I think he was referring to languages that put a “la” or “le” (french) or other gender specific identifiers before words. It has been decades since I was in French Language classes and I don’ recall gender neutral words or a neutral prefix-like attachment word akin to La or Le.

Le crayon (pronounced cray-ohn) is “the pencil”. Le is masculine.
while
La famille is “the family”. La is feminine.

I am not familiar enough with Spanish and German to remark on their gendering of words. Probably some languages have feminine, masculine, and neutral qualities attached to their words.

That would make 2 sexes and 3 genders for some languages.


768 posted on 10/28/2022 12:02:44 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Comfy with Frens 🐸 )
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 755 | View Replies ]


To: TheConservativeParty; ROCKLOBSTER

This is why the French and Spanish don’t put up with the woke pronoun crap. Their entire communication is built on 2 genders, and you know how the Frenchies lerv their language.


799 posted on 10/28/2022 1:57:46 PM PDT by numberonepal (WWG1WGA)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 768 | View Replies ]

To: TheConservativeParty
That would make 2 sexes and 3 genders for some languages.

Which is what I said in my #718.

French has only masculine and feminine....which is kinda weird. But the French queers are busily working on a neutral pronoun.

("iel")

A combination of "il" and "elle".

Mightily pissing off the Francophonic chauvinists.

801 posted on 10/28/2022 2:05:52 PM PDT by ROCKLOBSTER (Celebrate "Republicans Freed the Slaves Month")
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 768 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson