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Re: Beginner tutorial: The spanish wars |
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Tue, 2 Jan 2007 21:35:27 +0100 |
Am 2006-12-29 um 05:44 schrieb Manuel:
And in German, trousers are feminin, skirts are masculine and
little girls are neuter.
getting completely off topic:
No, it's "die Hosen" originally, plural, from English "hoses"; "a
pair of trousers" = "ein Paar Hosen".
"Das Mädchen" is neuter because of her diminuitive ("die Maid").
But in contemporary German you're right.
I find much more illogical that the sun is feminine and the moon is
masculine in German. ;-)
Aber lassen wir das...
Grüßlinge vom Bodensee!
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