Subj : Re: fidogle
To   : Ward Dossche
From : Jaroslav Bespalov
Date : Fri Apr 21 2023 08:51 pm

 WD> Michael,
 WD>  
MD>> WD> But, is gender in the Russian language something special? I mean the
MD>> WD> difference between 'he', 'she' or it not that obvious?
 WD>  
MD>> As opposed to English, every word in Russian has grammatical gender. And,
MD>> by the way, it may not coinside with grammatical gender of the similar
MD>> word in French or German. So, for a Russian a table is "he" and a bed is
MD>> "she". I understand that it may sound crazy for an English ear. :)
 WD>  
 WD> Dutch is about the same.
 WD>  
 WD> Indeed for the native english speakers it presents a challenge ...
 WD>  
 WD>  \%/@rd

Difficulties of gender identity of subjects in Russian language.

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