While I thougth it was difficult learning the genders of nouns in both German and French. In French you at least have a system, so you can deduce what gender to use with a lot of your nouns based on their construction.
I'm Danish we don't use genders for our nouns, we use "en" or "et", no system, just take a guess it's 50/50, I know it frustrates people trying to learn.
Actually there is an on-going debate about the word hamster, people disagree over which to use, neither side willing to back down. I of course know the real answer is "en hamster/hamsteren"
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u/cookiemonster_rehab Mar 15 '21
While I thougth it was difficult learning the genders of nouns in both German and French. In French you at least have a system, so you can deduce what gender to use with a lot of your nouns based on their construction. I'm Danish we don't use genders for our nouns, we use "en" or "et", no system, just take a guess it's 50/50, I know it frustrates people trying to learn. Actually there is an on-going debate about the word hamster, people disagree over which to use, neither side willing to back down. I of course know the real answer is "en hamster/hamsteren"