FYI: because I am stereotype-threatened-ly German, all cats are female until proven otherwise. ;)
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Also, barely tangentially related: flat water is disgusting. ;)
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Oh, cats are all female in German? That's interesting. In Greek we have all three options for cats.
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Well, there are Kater that are male. But Katze is female, and it is the “generic” word.
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I see. Interesting. As far as I know there is no default in Greek. You really can just say any of three. I get the feeling by other's
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accounts as well as yours that German gender is dramatically different to Greek grammatical gender.
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Not really, I don’t think. I mean, tables are male, the sun is female… doesn’t mean they’re _actually_ thought of like that…
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OK, lemme explain: 1) Word for table with female gender is bank (where you deposit and withdraw money) — with neutral gender is table.
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2) All animals have female and male and neutral.
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So, this is different. German tends to have a “default” gender for an Animal. (Mouse is F, but dog is M.) With alternates for other genders.
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Yes, this is why I told you it's different. 
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Learning cool things about Grammatical Gender, yay! \o/
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