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submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) by wendyz@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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”

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[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 4 points 4 days ago

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.