Wendy@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-27 days agoDo you have “the” or “a” in your language? What language is it?message-squaremessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareDo you have “the” or “a” in your language? What language is it?Wendy@lemmy.ml to Asklemmy@lemmy.ml · edit-27 days agomessage-square37fedilinkfile-text
I do. The is “el/la” and a is “un/una”. In my dad’s language and my second language, it’s “the” and “a”
minus-squareNuraShiny [any]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·7 days agoIn German we have three genders for words, neutral, female and male. These are spread around pretty randomly: Die Tür / The Door is female Das Auto /The Car is neutral Der Bus /The Bus is male We also have ‘ein’ which is the equivalent of “a” in english. Ein Auto / A Car. The difference is the same as in german, one is specific, the other more general.
In German we have three genders for words, neutral, female and male. These are spread around pretty randomly:
Die Tür / The Door is female Das Auto /The Car is neutral Der Bus /The Bus is male
We also have ‘ein’ which is the equivalent of “a” in english. Ein Auto / A Car.
The difference is the same as in german, one is specific, the other more general.