Skadi wrote:Maxwell wrote:Skadi wrote:
unless you know specifically if that particular reptile is female or male, for bokmål it would be "en reptil", making it masculine. my dialect is closer to nynorsk though, so personally i'd say "ein reptil"
I dont think knowin the gender of the animal makes a difference does it
My dog is still ein hund even tho she a girlypop it wud b odd to say ei hund
oh yeah that's true. i was thinking of the ways that you can convey in norwegian of the sex of an animal "hoa", "hannen", "den tispa", osv), but that doesnt really apply to ei / ein though yeah, mb
im ean theres usually different terms, not for reptiles mby but all the normal everyday animals you may enounter like