Some languages have the gender in the article, some in the ending.
ie Russian or Latin have it in the ending. forum, puella, puer, собака, etc.
ie Most mainstream Indo-European languages have it in the article. la, les, il, etc.
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Yeah, contractions, got those two words mixed up for a second. I laughed at "GenItalia" btw. I'm sure they didn't do that on purpose. I wasn't aware other languages had contractions, thank you for clearing that up for me.
Thank you for your very in depth answer! I read the Wikipedia article, and plan to do some reading on it later. I suppose it was a bit naive of me to attempt to just link it to a certain script. I understand it's a very /commercialized/ symbol now, especially in India, interpreted as a symbol...
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Also, what language would 'Om' be from? Is that Arabic? I know Ghayan is the 'g' in Arabic script, would Om be an 'o'?
It's possible it's not a symbol from any language's script, but merely a symbol put in place to entice users to think it's authentic Arabic.
That's...
It's on one of my picks my dad brought me from a country in the Middle East, I'm not exactly sure which country, I don't really pay attention. Roughly copied from pick to MS Paint. It looks Arabic, but it's not part of the Arabic alphabet.
[Never mind, can't PM either. Sciforums, you're...
What is this thread about again...? I thought at first it was regarding Darwin's birthday, but now Bishadi is in cognito as troll overlord? If I have my facts straight...
I must agree with Orleander. To a speaker of a Uralic, or even a Romance language, English has got to be one of the most difficult languages out there. Almost up there with Arabic, in fact.
Since it's my native tongue, it doesn't seem that difficult to me, but the conjunctions (doesn't, hasn't...
I just searched "Intelligent Forum" in Google, and this was the first result, aren't you all proud of yourselves? Anyways, I just wanted a forum like this, and... this is the perfect forum!
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