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11 hours ago, chromedome said:
So where does "vache" come into the picture? Lacking a French parent I only have my middle-school memories to work from, but that's the word I was taught for "cow."
Vache is female* as is English 'cow'. Boeuf is gender neutral.
*I don't mean grammatically feminine, although it's that too.
19 minutes ago, chromedome said:
So where does "vache" come into the picture? Lacking a French parent I only have my middle-school memories to work from, but that's the word I was taught for "cow."
Vache is female* as is English 'cow'. Boeuf is gender neutral.
*I don't mean grammatically female, although it's that too.
15 minutes ago, chromedome said:
So where does "vache" come into the picture? Lacking a French parent I only have my middle-school memories to work from, but that's the word I was taught for "cow."
Vache is female as is English 'cow'. Boeuf is gender neutral.
13 minutes ago, chromedome said:
So where does "vache" come into the picture? Lacking a French parent I only have my middle-school memories to work from, but that's the word I was taught for "cow."
Vache is female. Boeuf is gender neutral.
