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Old 16.12.2008, 11:39
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Re: Why should a table have a gender?

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Hello,
This is my 5th month in Vaud canton and 3rd since I started taking French lessons. All is well but there is one thing I can't get my head around about French: Gender of nouns. Why should any noun, table, chair, car, pen, door, etc, etc have a gender? Which purpose can it possibly serve?

Slightest insight is welcome.

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Can Yaver
I think your just going to have to accept that this is the way it is, I think english is one of the few language were objects do not have a a gender in front of them, just learn the genders and eventually it won't be so odd.
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