Re: [Wikimediaindia-l] Hindi has three genders that I know of

2011-02-14 Thread Bishakha Datta
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 7:09 PM, Gerard Meijssen wrote: > To top it off, Hindi has a form for inanimate objects. > Some Indian languages have genders for nouns, others don't. Hindi is one of those that has two genders: feminine and masculine nouns [1], including for inanimate objects [2]. What

[Wikimediaindia-l] Hindi has three genders that I know of

2011-02-14 Thread Gerard Meijssen
Hoi, So far I knew that the Slavic languages need support to properly address women. I just learned that the Indic languages also differentiate between a male and a female user (inlike English). To top it off, Hindi has a form for inanimate objects. I do not think that we need to go as far and loca