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French rule (slrpnk.net)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (3 children)

The funny thing with gendered languages is that synonyms can have different genders. So "el pollo" and "la gallina" both mean "chicken", but their grammatical gender differs.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

And in Germany, a girl is genderless until she grows up 😄

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

la polla :3

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

yeah really interesting in this case both come from Latin, and both made their way in the modern languages, one in its masculine form the other in its feminine form.

Pullus (adj.) very small (animal), a young rooster, "pulla" for the female chicken. French : la poule
Gallus (name) rooster, "gallina" for the female chicken. French : le gallinacé (a chicken specimen, member of the species Gallus domestica)