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by ben_w 774 days ago
Yes, but each language splits reality up differently, and with different implications.

I've noticed several native German speakers, when using English, would say things like "I spilled coffee on my table and now he is wet" — I don't think they were asserting that the table was objectively male, just because it was grammatically male.

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Yes gender in a language is odd when English got rid of it.