• balderdash
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    310 months ago

    Hell, German has three genders. “The” is translated der, die or das depending on the noun

    • @PastaGorgonzola@lemmy.world
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      210 months ago

      Three genders, and 5 words for “the”: der, die, das, dem, den. Depending on the gender of the noun and its function in the sentence.

      • @letsgocrazy@lemm.ee
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        10 months ago

        And uses some of those words for “the” to be different versions of different genders in different cases.

        Der nominative male, der Dativ female.

        But call also be “that” or “which” or “who” depending on context.

        Not to mention declension of adjectives.

        Different declination for all three genders plus plural, plus differences for negation, no article, definite article, indefinite article all in in nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, version

        If Excel spreadsheets for different versions of “the” turn you on, then German is your language.

      • balderdash
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        110 months ago

        Yeah, I meant 3 words for the nominative case but your answer is more exact