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English .. why no Genders? .. and a look at Plurals.

Postby Hugh-AR » 06 Aug 2022 10:46

Came across this video on YouTube. Of course I have always been aware of the 'gender' thing when learning French or German, but didn't know it was part of our past too!

Why doesn't English have genders? Well... it did!



Fascinating!

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Re: Why doesn't English have genders?

Postby kens » 07 Aug 2022 10:06

Very interesting Hugh. I rember struggling with the subject at school. I can still recite the German tables but never did master how to use them. Ken
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Postby Hugh-AR » 13 Aug 2022 16:37

I have found another one by our 'English' friend:

Weird plurals in English: Men, geese, sheep, knives and many more



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Postby dentyr » 19 Aug 2022 23:08

With modern technology and texting, all of this has gone out of phase. So TTFN CU L&K D.
Wonder who will translate that!
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Postby barwonfan » 20 Aug 2022 02:18

dentyr wrote:With modern technology and texting, all of this has gone out of phase. So TTFN CU L&K D.
Wonder who will translate that!
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Postby Hugh-AR » 20 Aug 2022 09:38

Shake my head. Hugh
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