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okay so TIL the difference between "obrigado" and "obrigada" finally: it depends on whether *you* are a man or a woman. very interesting that you have to specify your *own* gender to say "thank you" in this language 😅

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

Jul 21

"thank you (male)" "thank you (btw i have a penis)" hmm

nvpkp

@nvpkp

Jul 21

is it an adjective?

QC (in Berlin 7/29-???)

@QiaochuYuan

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@nvpkp

i don't think so? like i think it means "i'm obliged to you"

3:58 PM · Jul 21, 2022Twitter Web App

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“i am obrigado” would make it an adjective. which is typical to agree w gender

nvpkp

@nvpkp

Jul 21

gendered languages feel very invasive to me ab gender, tho, i get what you’re talking about

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its a participle and so is a verb that can act as an adjectives (the obliged dog, i am obliged). I think in most (all?) romance languages the participles do match the gender and number (la noix mangée, elles sont allées).