2007-09-10 00:39:03 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The French.
2007-09-10 06:25:13 · answer #1 · answered by Do not trust low score answerers 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't decided by any individual or group of individuals. Generally, the words came from Latin. Those ending in a vowel were usually feminine, and those ending in a consonant were usually masculine. There are many exceptions. If dealing with a person, words relating to females were feminine and to males they were masculine. This works also for animals. This is true in most languages, whether or not they came from Latin.
We have masculine and feminine in English, but neuter (it) for inanimate objects.
We just have to memorize gender of words when we study another language. After a while, trust me, it becomes second nature.
2007-09-10 00:47:09 · answer #2 · answered by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 · 4⤊ 0⤋
No-one knows of, and the comparable words in yet another language could be diverse genders... Cat is masculine in French (le chat) yet female in Welsh (y gath) Flower is female in Portuguese (a flor) yet masculine in Welsh (y blodyn). surprisingly sufficient 'table' is female in South Wales (y ford) yet masculine in North Wales (y bwrdd), the comparable is going for 'minute'. Who desperate on those?...your wager is as solid as mine.
2016-10-18 12:47:07 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm french and i can't answer you lol la girafe can be a male or a female, le singe (monkey) can be a male or a female too.
I can understand you cause in germany, they use feminin, masculin and neutre, but when i learn a word, i learn der die or das too.
2007-09-10 02:25:23 · answer #4 · answered by French Ingrid 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
French King Ludvig XXXIIVV
2007-09-10 02:16:23 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
I don't know, some words are masculine in one language and feminine in another.eg cat.
French...le chat (m). Welsh.. y gath (f) Portuguese ..o gato (m)
table
Fr le table (m).. Welsh y bwrdd (m)..Port.. a mesa (f)
2007-09-10 05:14:09 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Napoleon.
2007-09-10 02:40:17 · answer #7 · answered by galyamike 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Je mal al le tet
2007-09-10 00:46:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Je nes e pas
2007-09-10 00:43:28 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
I like to blame my mother-in-law for that.
2007-09-10 01:37:41 · answer #10 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋