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People who speak English as a second language: how confusing is it that nouns are not gendered? (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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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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[–] 3 points 2 years ago

Ive spent some times on farms and haven't ever herd/used he for a singular male sheep before.

If its a singular male I would say the ram.

But its just normally sheep, generally female. If you want to be specific its weathers, ewes, lambs or rams.

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