Computer, male or female?? - Page 2

sajalarora · 02-13-2009, 02:30 PM

ok, got it.
There are 3 genders in english and Hindi too.

Turkcerap · 02-13-2009, 04:00 PM

zuhhaaaaaa :D i dont know still that it is male or feminie and i agree gaku it is neuter:D

sajalarora · 02-13-2009, 04:06 PM

You don't know if the computer is male or female, in your country or language???

Framboise · 02-13-2009, 06:10 PM

1. In German, there are several terms for computer, but the most usual is Computer.

a. masculine - männlich:

(der) Computer
(der) Elektronenrechner

b. feminine - weiblich:

(die) elektronische Datenverarbeitungsmaschine
(die) Datenverarbeitungsanlage
(die) programmgesteuerte Rechenanlage
(die) elektronische Rechenanlage

c. neuter - sächlich:

(das) Elektronengehirn à (das) Gehirn = (the) brain

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2. In Norwegian*

a. Bokmål*

(en) computer (a ~), computeren (the ~) à masculine
(en) datamaskin, datamaskinen à masculine
(en) elektronisk regnemaskin, -en à masculine
(et) dataanlegg, dataanlegget à neuter

b. Nynorsk*:

feminine: ei (data)maskin, (data)maskina
masculine: en (data)maskin, (data)maskinen

*in Norway there are two official languages: Bokmål and Nynorsk.

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3. in Danish:

Genus commune à fælleskøn or utrum = hankøn (masculine) and hunkøn (feminine)

computer, computeren
en datamaskine, datamaskinen

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4. in Spanish:

Quote:

The women won

Did they really win? ... Because in the Latin American countries, they call it “la computadora”, although “el computador” or “el ordenador” can also be used.

In Spain, they usually call it “el ordenador”, which is masculine.

mrym · 02-13-2009, 06:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sajalarora

You don't know if the computer is male or female, in your country or language???

She is Turkish too

And,In Turkish the computer is not male nor female.It hasn't got a gender.

mrym · 02-13-2009, 06:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sajalarora

Adi means the same Mrym. He said that computer is a neutral gender that means no gender.
I think you wanted to mention Hindi??

No,i really meant Romanian

Framboise · 02-13-2009, 07:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrym

No,i really meant Romanian

Hello, mrym!
As already mentioned (by Adrian), in Romanian, there are three grammatical genders:

masculine (masculin)
feminine (feminin)
neuterà which is a real grammatical gender although it is not a real neuter in Romanian. The term used in some Romanian grammar books is ‘ambigen’ = both genders: masculine (in singular) and feminine (in plural).

For example:

singular: un calculator (computer) à masculine
plural: două calculatoare (computere) à feminine.

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