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Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by Al-Khwarizmi on Monday December 13, 2021 @06:01AM (#29538515)
Many adjectives in Spanish have gender, so for example:

I'm tired (male) -> estoy cansado

I'm tired (female) -> estoy cansada

In French it works the same way, although I'm not confident enough in French to give you an example without making horrible spelling mistakes. But the idea is the same.

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Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by Rels on Monday December 13, 2021 @06:47AM (#29538744)
For French:

I'm tired (male) -> Je suis fatigué

I'm tired (female) -> Je suis fatiguée

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Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by forinti on Monday December 13, 2021 @09:39AM (#29539943)
The French passé composé is funny if translated word for word into Portuguese:

Je suis tombé -> Eu sou caído (or Eu sou tombado) Je suis tombée -> Eu sou caída (or Eu sou tombada)

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Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by WastingMyTime89 on Monday December 13, 2021 @10:29AM (#29540424)
Je suis tombé is passé composé. Je suis fatigué is présent de l'indicatif. Fatigué can both be an adjectif and a participe passé. The verb fatiguer uses the avoir auxiliary verb when using passé composé however: ils m'ont fatigué / la poutre a fatigué sous le poids.
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Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by simiones on Monday December 13, 2021 @11:38AM (#29541196)
The passé composé of "je suis fatigué(e)" [I am tired] would actually be "j'ai été fatigué(e)" [I was tired]. Translated word for word to Portuguese, this would be "Eu tive sido/estado cansado(cansada)".
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