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Re: Gender differences in english

There is virtually no gender system in English, Reikha. There are the distinguishing singular personal pronouns (he, she, it) and ships are (or were) often referred to as 'she'-- and I think that is about all of our 'system'. Oh yes, some nouns still reflect sex in their suffixes: aviatrix,...

ESL General English Grammar Questions by Mister Micawber 1 yr 189 days ago Nouns Pronouns Suffixes Genders
Re: Hardest Language To Teach?

Regarding the many spanish verb conjugations, I must say I truly believe that it's complexity is ultimately what keeps spanish speakers from having such vast vocabulary as english speakers do. A single verb (aside from irregulars, which aren't many) requires knowing only two other words in...

Teaching English (TEFL) by Guest 3 yr 306 days ago Conversations Grammar Suffixes Verbs Vocabulary Nouns Genders

Re: English is a crazy language

>>I've never fully appreciated the noun gender rules. Is it a case of when you are young you have to study the gender of each noun (das haus = neutral noun) or are there patterns that you follow? No, unfortunately there are no rules - at least not for the "simple" words. There are some memory...

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Re: You can do it!

Rommie, what offense, what are you talking about? I said I ain't an Esperanto fan I agree that an artifical language must be designed for comfortable usage. Maybe, it would be better to avoid genders in artifical languages for simplicity. But if there are genders in Esperanto, let them be....

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