Why are things masculine or feminine?

From the forum: "Sometimes people ask me why some things and ideas in Spanish are masculine, and some feminine. When I tell them la mesa is feminine, it doesn't make sense to them. When I tell them la tristeza is feminine, it makes even less sense to them.

"So I tell them, look, a long, long time ago, everything was either masculine or feminine. In many modern languages things are masculine and feminine. In English ships are feminine.

C'mon! "But many people just keep saying, 'It doesn't make any sense.' "Does anyone has a more convincing explanation about genders, that an English speaking person would be willing to buy more easily?" Join the discussion... Comments (0)See All Posts Htm?

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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.