Champoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agoLe la leshexbear.netimagemessage-square52linkfedilinkarrow-up1129arrow-down11
arrow-up1128arrow-down1imageLe la leshexbear.netChampoloo [he/him]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square52linkfedilink
minus-squareXxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·5 months agoit’s masculine because it’s a compound word, which are all masculine in french. easy peasy also grammatical gender and real life gender have nothing to do with each other. grammatical gender is more like a class or group that nouns fall into
minus-squarelil_tank [any, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up21·5 months agoI think you mixed up dishwasher and washing machine? Respectively, un lave-vaisselle, une machine à laver
minus-squareXxFemboy_Stalin_420_69xX [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoi was thinking of lave-linge for washing machine actually. no idea how common that is compared machine à laver or if that’s a france vs. canada thing
minus-squaregrym [she/her, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·edit-25 months agoFrance is typically machine a laver. Might vary by region tho Actually nevermind I know people who use lave-linge but I associate it as old fashioned for some reason
minus-squarelil_tank [any, he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoOh yes lave-linge is totally valid, I didn’t think about it because it’s less common where I live
it’s masculine because it’s a compound word, which are all masculine in french. easy peasy
also grammatical gender and real life gender have nothing to do with each other. grammatical gender is more like a class or group that nouns fall into
I think you mixed up dishwasher and washing machine? Respectively, un lave-vaisselle, une machine à laver
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i was thinking of lave-linge for washing machine actually. no idea how common that is compared machine à laver or if that’s a france vs. canada thing
France is typically machine a laver. Might vary by region tho
Actually nevermind I know people who use lave-linge but I associate it as old fashioned for some reason
Oh yes lave-linge is totally valid, I didn’t think about it because it’s less common where I live