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Old 11-04-2007, 17:45   #47
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Originally Posted by freddie View Post
First explain to me why a table is male. I never understood that. It's so clearly female when you look at it.
I don't know whether you asked that question seriously, but in case you really want to know...
This is the unofficial argos-explanation. Wooden products have a strong tendency towards male grammatical gender, especially carpenters' crafts.


Arnaudfrenchy, to improve your already excellent german:
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Example : Wohin gehst du ?
Ich gehe in Frankreich.
In german we say: Ich gehe nach Frankreich.
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