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lalit
moon is he or she?
Jul 7, 2018 3:31 AM
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Grammatically the moon in English is just the Moon. But it used to be (male) like in the german Language. Because English has germanic roots. Poetically the moon was male. And at a later stage after England was invaded by the french and french was commonly spoken. the English language used the French female for the moon in poems.
Today that would most often be the case for poetry.
In german Germany is the fatherland. And in English today England is the Motherland. Reflecting two stages of English evolution via invasion. It is this often subtle difference in invasion uses that makes up modern English.
So the answer to your question is the moon today, in the English language for English language teachers who have not grasped this historical invasion usage. = neutral. but for native speakers in poems songs literature etc the moon is female.
Most things in poems songs literature etc are Female via the Norman invasion. whereas once upon a time before that Everything in poems songs and literature used to be germanic male.
July 7, 2018
Hey Lalit,
Moon is neither male or female. Nor are the chairs or any other objects.
(like we have them Marathi)
like for us in Marathi, ti (SHE) chandani, to (HE) Chandra . In english it is, The SUN, THE STAR, THE MOON. etc. (Neutral)
July 7, 2018
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