tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post8883055473835149775..comments2023-05-06T05:29:31.469-04:00Comments on The Knotted Thicket: Gendered Nouns are the devilK.C. Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-48756533621578843732012-01-22T21:40:25.908-05:002012-01-22T21:40:25.908-05:00The language-learning book I finished reading toda...The language-learning book I finished reading today says that Greek is somewhere between French and Russian in difficulty. In other words, really hard. :) Still, it's pretty darn cool that you're working on it!K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-79305095515875097312012-01-22T21:01:02.516-05:002012-01-22T21:01:02.516-05:00I'm also shuddering at the thought of all thos...I'm also shuddering at the thought of all those noun agreements. Ann warned me that seminary Koine would not mean much to learning modern Greek, but she wasn't kidding. Using Rosetta Stone for the October trip.... grammar is floating right by me like a dead fish on a windy day.Free Range Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484140709221984584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-27565815112006758382012-01-22T15:44:42.461-05:002012-01-22T15:44:42.461-05:00I just bit my tongue laughing. You win Best Commen...I just bit my tongue laughing. You win Best Comment Ever.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-9057131523982663902012-01-22T10:24:45.442-05:002012-01-22T10:24:45.442-05:00I'm for transgendered nouns. Nouns should be w...I'm for transgendered nouns. Nouns should be whatever they feel like they are.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-73814510200259082232012-01-20T06:47:15.907-05:002012-01-20T06:47:15.907-05:00Thanks for the advice. *shudders at the thought of...Thanks for the advice. *shudders at the thought of all those agreements* Not that I was going to study Greek anyway, but you know.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-46531494768646715942012-01-19T22:50:57.275-05:002012-01-19T22:50:57.275-05:00Just one word of advice then... stay far, far away...Just one word of advice then... stay far, far away from Greek. Nouns can be masculine, feminine or neuter, all pronouns, articles, and verbs have to agree in case (part of speech, because nouns change by where they are in the sentence too), number, and gender. So every noun has about eight basic forms.... and verbs even more.Free Range Anglicanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14484140709221984584noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-67016077909133397752012-01-19T21:14:00.707-05:002012-01-19T21:14:00.707-05:00There probably are languages with gendered verbs. ...There probably are languages with gendered verbs. I hope it doesn't turn out to be Irish.K.C. Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12467201304235217944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034944370161032319.post-15436926542299199022012-01-19T20:35:04.152-05:002012-01-19T20:35:04.152-05:00Us being speculative writer types, imagine a world...Us being speculative writer types, imagine a world with gendered verbs...<br /><br />See? Now you don't feel so bad about the nouns, right?<br /><br />Ok, I tried.Michael McClunghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14708067144914238641noreply@blogger.com