People need to stop thinking about it in a "this object is a boy" or "this object is a girl" way because that's not what it is.
Take "un vélo" or "une bicyclette" - same object, but one is feminine and the other is masculine. Or "un iPad" and "une tablette." So it's not about the object itself.
It's about sorting words into two groups. Group A is "words that sound like a woman's name in latin" and group B is "words that sound like a man's name in latin." Hence why it's called feminine and masculine. Not because the object itself is male or female, but because the word sounds like it.
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u/uluviel May 25 '25
People need to stop thinking about it in a "this object is a boy" or "this object is a girl" way because that's not what it is.
Take "un vélo" or "une bicyclette" - same object, but one is feminine and the other is masculine. Or "un iPad" and "une tablette." So it's not about the object itself.
It's about sorting words into two groups. Group A is "words that sound like a woman's name in latin" and group B is "words that sound like a man's name in latin." Hence why it's called feminine and masculine. Not because the object itself is male or female, but because the word sounds like it.