= Сообщение: 5338 из 12556 ====================================== ENET.SYSOP = От : Robert Bashe 2:2448/44 30 Aug 17 13:52:18 Кому : Gerrit Kuehn 30 Aug 17 13:52:18 Тема : Swedish meatballs ... FGHI : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:2448/44+59a6a847 На : area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:240/12+5946cd33 = Кодировка сообщения определена как: CP866 ================================== Ответ: area://ENET.SYSOP?msgid=2:240/12+5946cd3b ============================================================================== Gerrit Kuehn wrote to Robert Bashe on Tuesday August 29 2017 at 17:43:
RB>> I assume you're familiar with German, maybe with French. But English RB>> is a different kettle of fish. Both German and French have specific RB>> genders assigned to specific nouns. English does not.
GK> Really? So you would say: You have a very nice dog, what's its name?
Generally yes, unless you know the sex of the dog and then you'd use "his" or "her".
GK>>> I think the reason for female ships in German is that most "type" GK>>> names are female (die Yacht, die Fregatte, die Schaluppe, die GK>>> Korvette, die Brigg, die Bark, die Barkasse...).
RB>> If it were only that simple. I had to learn German in school, and RB>> here in Germany. Not every word that ends with an "e" is feminine.
GK> Of course not.
As you say, but it certainly makes things more difficult for non-Germans. But every language has it's peculiarities. With English it's the spelling and pronunciation. Spell a word incorrectly and it _may_ be recognized. But if you pronounce an English word accenting the wrong syllable, the word can become nearly incomprehensible.
