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It's a rare example of English being simpler than other languages, so I'm curious if it's hard for a new speaker to keep the nouns straight without the extra clues.

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[–] maniel@sopuli.xyz 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Not at all, it makes it simpler, in many cases you don't even need it or is even simpler to convey the gender in other ways

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Not confusing at all, Spanish and English are very flexible languages

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Eh, gendered nouns are just an old holdover. At least English (usually) uses words to improve specificity. For example, "Pick up my medicine" as opposed to "pick up medicine." It seems redundant to some until suddenly you need to specify after the fact.

The more precise the language the fewer chances of miscommunication. A perfect language would be precise and unambiguous without deliberate effort (as opposed to laziness, slang, shorthand, etc.) which is probably completely impossible to craft, much less about.

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[–] leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl 3 points 3 weeks ago

I think it's just that one point where you have to accept things like that exist. Sometimes gendering slips out of your mind, but a lot of people let it slide.

in my language nouns aren't gensered either so it was pretty easy

[–] hungryphrog@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 3 weeks ago

Not at all, we don't do gendered words. The fact that pronouns are gendered still baffles me.

[–] Canopyflyer@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

English may not have gendered nouns, but it has plenty of other challenges.

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It was weird in the very beginning, but it's good and I love it!

Absolutely worth getting used to, way less headaches

[–] calamitycastle@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

*way fewer headaches

(Sorry)

[–] Allero@lemmy.today 1 points 3 weeks ago

Appreciated :D

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com -2 points 3 weeks ago

It's not, why would that even be a good thing? Get rid of adding identifies to objects like a 6yo.

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