Re: The Birds and the Bees of Gender

Carlos Thompson <cthompso@...> wrote:

Steg Belsky wrote:
>
> > >Cattle. Furniture.
> >
> > Isn't the singular of cattle "cow/bull"?
>
> Well, the way I've always seen it is that cattle and furniture are
> colective, reather than plural nouns, translated into Spanish as _ganado_
> and _mobiliario_... by the way, can cattle be used of sheep?
>
> Anyhow, in spanish the _singulars_ would be "cabeza de ganado" (lit. head of
> cattle) and "mueble".
"Cabeza de ganado" I've heard; when context is clear, just "cabeza".
Or better: "res".


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