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garyb
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06 April 2011 at 3:39pm | IP Logged 
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.

-former computer geek, now language geek.
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08 April 2011 at 1:26am | IP Logged 
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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08 April 2011 at 3:34am | IP Logged 
Amerykanka wrote:
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.



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.
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Amerykanka
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 Message 1540 of 3737
08 April 2011 at 3:42am | IP Logged 
psy88 wrote:
Amerykanka wrote:
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.



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.


Greek does have genders.
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ellasevia
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08 April 2011 at 3:43am | IP Logged 
psy88 wrote:
Amerykanka wrote:
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.



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.

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

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 Message 1542 of 3737
08 April 2011 at 6:44am | IP Logged 
When you've read this whole damned thread over 2 weeks.

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 Message 1543 of 3737
08 April 2011 at 6:52am | IP Logged 
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.
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 Message 1544 of 3737
08 April 2011 at 7:05am | IP Logged 
Ari wrote:
When you read the above discussion about Greek and wonder whether any Indo-European
languages other than English have lost their genders.

Persian and Afrikaans no longer have genders. I don't think Armenian does either.

Edited by ellasevia on 08 April 2011 at 7:08am



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