Walter Meester
HoogkarspelNetherlands
>It may seem natural to you, but German nouns are Masculine, Feminine, or Neuter, and most other parts of speech are tied to this: articles (der, die, das), verb suffixes, etc...English does not have this trait (or it lost it long ago, anyway)...it probably seems natural when you are socialized at a young age into a language, but it's a big headache for English-speakers trying to learn other languages :)
Ahhh, yes we also have three genders (Male, Female and Neutral). I should have learned this stuff at school, but dutch classes never were my favourite ..... As far as I know the use of this is much simpler in Dutch than it is in German. Too me it's just a feeling, and I truly think you could only learn this by speaking dutch, Learning the theory seems useless to me.
Walter,
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