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  • xiaoping_showdown [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    As much as I hate many aspects of English—especially the fact that it's not phonetic—the fact that most of our words have neutral gender is a very strong plus. There is absolutely no reason that I should have to remember that "agua" has masculine gender, despite ending with "a", but inexplicably uses a feminine definite article.

    • Spirit_of_Communism [comrade/them]
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      3 years ago

      Completely unrelated, but "agua" isn't actually masculine, it just takes "el" because it begins with a stressed "a" sound (like el hacha, el águila). That's why you say "agua fría", not "agua frío".

      • xiaoping_showdown [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Dang, this makes much more sense than the dozens of exceptions I have been accumulating.