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2. "table" is an interesting one because it's masculine, i think uniquely in french.

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Thu Nov 16, 2017, 02:22 PM

Nov 2017

it's feminine in spanish ("mesa&quot , italian ("tavola&quot and also in latin ("mensa&quot .

sometimes the gender of a word fits some sort of stereotype, other times, not so much.

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Toppling the Grammar Patriarchy [View all] elleng Nov 2017 OP

When I was a kid, I was taught that God has no gender. CrispyQ Nov 2017 #1

"table" is an interesting one because it's masculine, i think uniquely in french. unblock Nov 2017 #2

I believe it is "la table" beveeheart Nov 2017 #4

yes it is a bit more complicated -- a physical table is la table, but a math table is le tableau unblock Nov 2017 #5

I am not so sure about the accuracy of their arguments unc70 Nov 2017 #3

They're right about masculine adjectives ucrdem Nov 2017 #6

Pas de quoi! elleng Nov 2017 #7

J'ai une question. (notez bien le gendre) guillaumeb Dec 2017 #8

Joyeux Noel, guillaume! elleng Dec 2017 #9

,,, lapucelle Mar 2018 #10