doomslang@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agoI swear to god I haven't seen a raisin in like 15 years.message-squaremessage-square55linkfedilinkarrow-up1100arrow-down112
arrow-up188arrow-down1message-squareI swear to god I haven't seen a raisin in like 15 years.doomslang@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 7 days agomessage-square55linkfedilink
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoI was just using the wording from the painting. Is there a reason why it would be different for the word raisin instead of pipe? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·6 days agoRaisin is masculine so it gets ‘un’ but pipe is feminine so it gets ‘une’. Gendered languages are interesting.
minus-squareHueristic_Autistic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 days ago Gendered languages are interesting. Makes learning German or French easier
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·6 days agoYep! A mouse is feminine. A horse is masculine. A car is feminine. A fridge is masculine. A door is feminine. A bed is masculine.
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·6 days agoSure, but a pipe is completely phallic. Please tell me flower and clam are feminine
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·6 days agoBoth are feminine lol. I don’t want to spoil the fun but it’s generally based on how the word is spelled or pronounced.
minus-squareSpongyAneurysm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·6 days agoIn French, that is. Other gendered languages might be totally different, or even have ‘genders’ other than masculine/feminine.
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I was just using the wording from the painting. Is there a reason why it would be different for the word raisin instead of pipe?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Treachery_of_Images
Raisin is masculine so it gets ‘un’ but pipe is feminine so it gets ‘une’. Gendered languages are interesting.
Makes learning German or French easier
Pipe is feminine?!
Yep! A mouse is feminine. A horse is masculine. A car is feminine. A fridge is masculine. A door is feminine. A bed is masculine.
Sure, but a pipe is completely phallic. Please tell me flower and clam are feminine
Both are feminine lol. I don’t want to spoil the fun but it’s generally based on how the word is spelled or pronounced.
TIL, thanks
In French, that is. Other gendered languages might be totally different, or even have ‘genders’ other than masculine/feminine.