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| garyb Triglot Senior Member ScotlandRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5207 days ago 1468 posts - 2413 votes  Speaks: English*, Italian, French Studies: Spanish | Message 1537 of 3737 06 April 2011 at 3:39pm | IP Logged | |||||
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When you don't yet have an Internet connection in your new flat, and haven't for over a month, and you're looking forward to getting one installed purely for access to Skype, SharedTalk, and video streaming in your target language. In fact, language learning resources are the only reason you have any real desire to have Internet access at home.
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| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5171 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 1538 of 3737 08 April 2011 at 1:26am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you learn a new word (hubris) in your native language, English, and the first thing you think is: Is this a masculine or feminine noun? After feeling very confused for a few moments as you try to answer this question, you finally remember that English doesn't have genders.
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| psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5591 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French | Message 1539 of 3737 08 April 2011 at 3:34am | IP Logged | |||||
When you already know the word "hubris" ( also spelled "hybris", by the way), but reading this makes you think, "it is a Greek word; does Greek use masculine and feminine nouns? Greek is not one of my target languages but now I am curious about it" And,you know you are a language nerd when you expect-or hope!- someone on this forum will enlighten you so you can sleep tonight and not be wondering if Greek, a non-Romance language has genders for the nouns. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Amerykanka Hexaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5171 days ago 657 posts - 890 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, Polish, Latin, Ancient Greek, Russian | Message 1540 of 3737 08 April 2011 at 3:42am | IP Logged | |||||
Greek does have genders. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6142 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 1541 of 3737 08 April 2011 at 3:43am | IP Logged | |||||
Wish granted: Greek not only has masculine and feminine genders, but neuter as well. In case you're wondering, masculine nouns usually end in -ος, -ας, -ης, -ες, or -(ο)υς; feminine nouns usually end in -α or -η; and neuter nouns usually end in -ο, -ι, -(ο)υ, -μα, or a consonant. But of course, then there there are the exceptions, like οδός and κρέας which are respectively feminine and neuter. Sweet dreams! Edited by ellasevia on 08 April 2011 at 3:55am 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| FrostBlast Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 5099 days ago 168 posts - 254 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Icelandic | Message 1542 of 3737 08 April 2011 at 6:44am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you've read this whole damned thread over 2 weeks. Edited by FrostBlast on 08 April 2011 at 6:48am 3 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Ari Heptaglot Senior Member Norway Joined 6582 days ago 2314 posts - 5695 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Mandarin, Cantonese Studies: Czech, Latin, German | Message 1543 of 3737 08 April 2011 at 6:52am | IP Logged | |||||
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When you read the above discussion about Greek and wonder whether any Indo-European languages other than
English have lost their genders. When you add a "When you" to your off-topic remark just to turn this thread into a language discussion without ostensibly going off topic. 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| ellasevia Super Polyglot Winner TAC 2011 Senior Member Germany Joined 6142 days ago 2150 posts - 3229 votes Speaks: English*, German, Croatian, Greek, French, Spanish, Russian, Swedish, Portuguese, Turkish, Italian Studies: Catalan, Persian, Mandarin, Japanese, Romanian, Ukrainian | Message 1544 of 3737 08 April 2011 at 7:05am | IP Logged | |||||
Persian and Afrikaans no longer have genders. I don't think Armenian does either. Edited by ellasevia on 08 April 2011 at 7:08am 1 person has voted this message useful |
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