Re:Gender in Latin and Beyond: A Philologist’s Take
by peoplefromibiza on Saturday October 30, 2021 @09:42AM
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It doesn't turn the group masculine, it turns the word used to the masculine plural, which is the generic word for a group of people.
But if you take sciences, for example, it's plural feminine in French and Italian.
If you put a masculine discipline in the group, for example "law" which is masculine in Italian (il diritto), the group of disciplines is still referred to as feminine "le scienze"
It's a matter of gender of the plural word, it has nothing to do with biological sex.
But if you take sciences, for example, it's plural feminine in French and Italian.
If you put a masculine discipline in the group, for example "law" which is masculine in Italian (il diritto), the group of disciplines is still referred to as feminine "le scienze"
It's a matter of gender of the plural word, it has nothing to do with biological sex.