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Laittakaa meemejä tänne.

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[–] vxx 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Doesn't French have 'la' and 'le' as well?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Yes, that's the point. You need to memorize which words go with la and which with le. Or der/die/das for German. Or no articles for Slavic languages but the declination and other words in the sentence (selection of pronouns, forms of adjectives and sometimes verbs) depend on the gender.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's machina lavatoria in latin and obviously femal for your grammar.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

This easy trick to learn French, learn Latin first :-) !

[–] vxx 4 points 1 year ago

Thanks, it flew miles over my head.

[–] hactar42 2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

If I remember correctly from my German class in highschool, the rule of thumb was if it's an inanimate object use the feminine Die. That was in the mid 90s and I haven't spoken German since, so that with a grain of salt.

[–] meekah 5 points 1 year ago

genders of words don't usually change over time, even if spelling does.

also who told you that rule of thumb? being german, I don't think it's accurate at all.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The more accurate rules of thumb are based on word endings. -e or -in suggest it’s feminine, -er or -or that it’s masculine, and -chen or -ling that it’s neutral. Such hints only work for about 30 % of words but some are close to 100% accurate.