News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on The Decline and Fall of the Latin Neuter. Parent comment

Re:The Decline and Fall of the Latin Neuter by ilammy on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:51PM (#26576424)
You can see the same thing in Russian and other slavic languages, for example, where you can use "-о" to convert an adjective into concept noun (of always neuter gender). For example, "добрый" (masculine adjective "good)" => "добро" (neuter noun "the good").
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Decline and Fall of the Latin Neuter by TylerE on Thursday March 25, 2021 @12:01AM (#26576475)
What would those sound like phonetically for those of us that can't read cryllic?
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Decline and Fall of the Latin Neuter by Zanni on Thursday March 25, 2021 @06:21AM (#26578382)
You can copy and paste unfamiliar words (or words in unfamiliar languages) into Google Translate and hit the speaker button to get a pronunciation.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Decline and Fall of the Latin Neuter by kleton on Thursday March 25, 2021 @12:15AM (#26576538)
Like Greek alphabet from math class except for the ы closest to a short i. dobry, dobro
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:The Decline and Fall of the Latin Neuter by glogla on Thursday March 25, 2021 @08:12AM (#26579243)
In English something like DO-BREE and DO-BROH (the latter ending with "o" in "rocket")
[ Parent | on HN ]