Why do some languages use gendered nouns? It seems to just add more complexity for no benefit.

  • Ashy@lemmy.wtf
    2·
    9 months ago

    I agree that German is concise. I just don’t see what the gendered nouns are contributing to that quality or any other one.

    • Lath@kbin.social
      21·
      9 months ago

      Who said anything about gendered nouns? The question was about greater complexity making things easier.
      In my eyes, the German language achieves that.

      • Ashy@lemmy.wtf
        2·
        9 months ago

        Who said anything about gendered nouns?

        The title of this post is “Why do some languages use gendered nouns?” …

          • Ashy@lemmy.wtf
            2·
            9 months ago

            But that comment is in response to a another comment that is direclty about the title … did you just forgot the context of the entire conversation only 2 replies in?

            • Lath@kbin.social
              11·
              9 months ago

              Why would I care about context? Comment had a question, I had an answer. Problem solved.
              Context is unimportant.