Quote:
Originally Posted by ArcheM
I don't know about masculine verbs being more common. They might be right (I haven't counted), but just based on how German grammar works, I'd instead expect it to be neuter nouns. That's because any verb can become a noun, a neuter noun. And a lot of masculine or feminine nouns also have (or can become) diminutive counterparts, by adding the suffix -chen, which turns them neuter. For example, der Hund - the dog, das Hündchen - the puppy (they also often change a vowel in the root).
|
I was going by how the book gave examples of what was considered a masculine noun, feminine noun and neuter noun. Like names trees and flowers were considered feminine, while cars, people (and a few other things) were masculine. And probably what didn't fit into masculine or feminine was neuter. But again everything wasn't well explained and very brief. These books are like "read this book and you'll be conversing with natives in no time". They fail to mention that it takes month to years to learn enough of a language to hold a conversation with a native speaker.
So if I am thinking correctly an example of a neuter noun that seems to be both plural and singular (spelling is the same) is Mãdchen, which for some reason Duolingo translates to both girl and girls (that's why I think it's both singular and plural), would you put "das" infront of it to make das Mãdchen? I don't know, I think I'm confusing myself here.