doomslang@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agoI swear to god I haven't seen a raisin in like 15 years.message-squaremessage-square54linkfedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down112
arrow-up183arrow-down1message-squareI swear to god I haven't seen a raisin in like 15 years.doomslang@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 1 day agomessage-square54linkfedilink
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·23 hours agoRaisin is masculine so it gets ‘un’ but pipe is feminine so it gets ‘une’. Gendered languages are interesting.
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·22 hours 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-squareSpongyAneurysm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-25 hours agoIn French, that is. Other gendered languages might be totally different, or even have ‘genders’ other than masculine/feminine.
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·21 hours agoSure, but a pipe is completely phallic. Please tell me flower and clam are feminine
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·20 hours 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.
Raisin is masculine so it gets ‘un’ but pipe is feminine so it gets ‘une’. Gendered languages are interesting.
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.
In French, that is. Other gendered languages might be totally different, or even have ‘genders’ other than masculine/feminine.
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