[KarlInOhio]

One of the most difficult problems in learning German is the neuter gender, to which about a third of all the nouns belong. I believe most, if not all romance languages have only a masculine and a feminine gender, which simplifies learning.

I didn't have any problem with three genders as opposed to two. My biggest problem was the strange overlap of articles. Is there any reason why die is used in feminine and plural nominative and accusative, while der is masculine nominative, feminine dative and feminine and plural genitive? Six words are spread over 16 pairings of gender and case with no logic I ever really found. I memorized it for tests, but I never really learned it.

      M   F   N   Pl
Nom: der die das die
Acc: den die das die
Dat: dem der dem den
Gen: des der des der

[SAJ]

You'll love Russian. It has 36 forms in declension of nouns and pronouns, 6 cases x 3 genders x 2 (singular + plural), many of which can overlap.

Ist das nicht ein lotta fun?
Ya, das ist ein lotta fun!

(ducking smoothly, und ;^) ...)