It's a rare example of English being simpler than other languages, so I'm curious if it's hard for a new speaker to keep the nouns straight without the extra clues.

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[–] 50 points 2 years ago (1 child)

To make matters even worse, in some languages the exact same word with different gender has different meaning.

In German:
"der Band", male, = a (book) volume
"das Band", neutral, = ribbon
"die Band", female = (music) band

Bonus: "die Bande" can be a gang, a sports barrier, and (relationship) ties.

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