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[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Spanish (and I don't think French) doesn't have that many words for "the". It's just "El" and "La".

I suppose "los" and "las" as well... Sorta. But that's just plural "El/La". Which might sound unnecessary but having everything match plurality and grammatical gender does clear up ambiguity sometimes.

Eso(s)/Esa(s) mean "that/those"

[–] A_Chilean_Cyborg@feddit.cl 3 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Mfs just explained to me my native language.

They teach them as different, is important to know they are not the same or else you use a singular when you should use a plural, or viceversa.

"The" can be singular or plural, femenime or masculine.

[–] bdonvr@thelemmy.club 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I think I replied to the wrong comment sorry. I meant to reply to someone who replied to you.

And all I really wanted to say was Eso/Esa/s isn't really fair as a "the" translation. I know the meme is to make the languages look complicated.