doomslang@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agoI swear to god I haven't seen a raisin in like 15 years.message-squaremessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up199arrow-down112
arrow-up187arrow-down1message-squareI swear to god I haven't seen a raisin in like 15 years.doomslang@lemmy.zip to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 3 days agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·3 days agoRaisin is masculine so it gets ‘un’ but pipe is feminine so it gets ‘une’. Gendered languages are interesting.
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up8·3 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-squareSpongyAneurysm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·edit-22 days agoIn French, that is. Other gendered languages might be totally different, or even have ‘genders’ other than masculine/feminine.
minus-squareGlowstick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·3 days agoSure, but a pipe is completely phallic. Please tell me flower and clam are feminine
minus-squaresudoMakeUser@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·3 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.
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