People who speak English as a second language: how confusing is it that nouns are not gendered?
People who speak English as a second language: how confusing is it that nouns are not gendered?
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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Easy, no problems at all. English articles are what breaks my head.
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Wow, really? "A, an, and the"? I'm curious how you get confused with those.
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As the speaker of an English language me can tell you is not a difficult.
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...because its the articles which are not gendered, not the nouns.
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Because recognising when to use "a", "the", or 0 article is tricky.
A/an is usually fine. 0 article and the are tricky, and then getting it right on the fly is hard.
We take it all for granted and get it, but they're hard for people who don't have an equivalent in their first language.
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