I do not speak fluent French - but my recollection from HS is that there is no unisex version of the word “the”

Every object in France is referred to by the articles La or Le

La is the feminine
Le is the masculine

ETA France would literally have to change it’s entire language-that’s not an exaggeration

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Posted by Saint Alfonzo

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Posted on 5/13/21 at 8:04 pm to Wednesday

You can't speak the French language without gender. Gender neutral language is an impossible thing and literally strikes at the heart of everything French.

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Posted by TerryDawg03

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Posted on 5/13/21 at 11:38 pm to Wednesday

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I do not speak fluent French - but my recollection from HS is that there is no unisex version of the word “the”

I'm curious how Germany is handling it, with them having neutral-gendered nouns, pronouns, articles, adjectives, etc. (Der, Die, Das)

It would be hell with the multiple cases (nominative, accusative, dative, and genitive) and the different endings for adjectives.

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Posted by TOSOV

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Posted on 5/14/21 at 9:05 pm to Wednesday

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ETA France would literally have to change it’s entire language-that’s not an exaggeration

Same with Spanish.

Old school English has its use of masculine to cover all bases too, but we moved to the "he/she" bs that the idea Spanish/French can still be this way blows the woke minds. I don't say "he/she." If I don't know the sex I say "he" until corrected. If someone says "they/them" I ask who all are they. Fun to mess with the woke heads.

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