People who speak English as a second language: how confusing is it that nouns are not gendered? (lemmy.world)

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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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[-] lookmomnodrugs@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

I am learning a lot here. I am also Swedish lol. I was however great with the English classes, easily top 3 (okay honestly though I am being humble, I was really dominating those classes up until high school, so hard I dont even remember anyone even being in second or third place)

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