In my country, Filipino / Tagalog is a gender-neutral language but gender is usually differentiated in certain Spanish loanwords by way of the suffixes -a (feminine) and -o (masculine). It is more obvious with how we name kids and mention occupations.
- By small and simple things are great things brought to pass!
Portuguese is similar to Spanish, so it's the same -a (feminine) and -o (masculine), which causes a lot of trouble for learners!
English has a nuetral gendered language system and I must say I struggle with remembering to use gender in Spanish I just forget a lot of the time I also am unsure exactly when I need to apply it... when I speak about objects I am fine but with myself I tend to use the masculine when I shouldn't as I am concentrating on conjugating the verb to I... generally ending in o and then I forget
I hope that those I am speaking to don't genuinely receive what I am saying as I am a _______ man hahaha
Valeria.Fontes wrote:Portuguese is similar to Spanish, so it's the same -a (feminine) and -o (masculine), which causes a lot of trouble for learners!
We sometimes use the -ita or -ito for some gendered words that are "little or small". This is of Spanish origin too.
- By small and simple things are great things brought to pass!
july.lullalove wrote:Valeria.Fontes wrote:Portuguese is similar to Spanish, so it's the same -a (feminine) and -o (masculine), which causes a lot of trouble for learners!
We sometimes use the -ita or -ito for some gendered words that are "little or small". This is of Spanish origin too.
yes definitely Spanish, they use -ito and -ita or illo illa as a suffix for little and -azo -aza -on -ona -ote-ota for big...
yes definitely Spanish, they use -ito and -ita or illo illa as a suffix for little and -azo -aza -on -ona -ote-ota for big...
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That's a lot to remember! Wow.
- By small and simple things are great things brought to pass!
