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minus-squareDarkness343@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down4·2 days agoEnglish is such a poor language that they only have the article The and nouns without genders. Seethe and cope.
minus-squarenightlily@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoSo poor they held to sell off cases as well.
minus-squareQuestionMark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoMy native language doesn’t have any articles and there is no distinction between he and she.
minus-squareQuestionMark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoNope. It’s Persian (also known as Farsi, or Parsi). Persian’s roots are actually closer to English than Arabic: Persian is an Indo-European language, same as English, while Arabic is a Semitic language.
minus-squareQuestionMark@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-21 day agoIt’s Persian. I’ve noticed a lot of gendered words seemingly have roots in Arabic: the words for paternal uncle, paternal aunt, maternal aunt, and maternal uncle for example. I guess the neutrality is something that survived of our ancient culture. The history (of Persia and the language) is deeply fascinating, but also confusing, and at times you’ll come across a lot of contradictions. There are so many lies and different perspectives. I regret my ignorance when it comes to this topic.
minus-squareNico198X@europe.publinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agobullpies! i don’t like English, but those are things it does right! who the hell needs TWELVE definite articles?!
minus-squareDarkness343@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoSpeakers of enlightened languages?
minus-squareFatVegan@leminal.spacelinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 days agoAnd they still have trouble learning it.
English is such a poor language that they only have the article The and nouns without genders.
Seethe and cope.
So poor they held to sell off cases as well.
My native language doesn’t have any articles and there is no distinction between he and she.
Japanese?
Nope. It’s Persian (also known as Farsi, or Parsi).
Persian’s roots are actually closer to English than Arabic: Persian is an Indo-European language, same as English, while Arabic is a Semitic language.
May I ask what language that may be?
It’s Persian.
I’ve noticed a lot of gendered words seemingly have roots in Arabic: the words for paternal uncle, paternal aunt, maternal aunt, and maternal uncle for example. I guess the neutrality is something that survived of our ancient culture.
The history (of Persia and the language) is deeply fascinating, but also confusing, and at times you’ll come across a lot of contradictions. There are so many lies and different perspectives. I regret my ignorance when it comes to this topic.
Thanks (:
How progressive.
bullpies!
i don’t like English, but those are things it does right!
who the hell needs TWELVE definite articles?!
Speakers of enlightened languages?
And they still have trouble learning it.