Re:A Map Showing How Much Time It Takes English-Speakers to ...
by chimeracoder on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:26AM
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Those are both pretty easy, too, because they follow regular rules. "-ma" is always masculine. "-ión" is always feminine.
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by ldv0107 on Friday December 01, 2017 @01:41AM
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Actually, “rama” (branch), “cama” (bed), “mucama” (maid) are all femenine.
“Centurión” (roman military rank) and “esturión” (fish) are masculine
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by candeira on Friday December 01, 2017 @02:37AM
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Correct. "tema", "teorema" are masculine because they are cultisms, derived directly from greek. Same with "fantasma" and "miasma".
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by singularity2001 on Friday December 01, 2017 @06:25AM
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bad 'reason': problema is greek too
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