Thread:Vorknkx/@comment-3547390-20150204202730/@comment-1496755-20150207120032

Indeed - we use math every day, one way or another, but it's only the simpler stuff. I can't imagine how we could possibly need quadratic equations or logarithms in daily life (I've solved hundreds of these, but I have forgotten pretty much everything).

English is a relatively easy language, which, I believe, is one of the reasons it is so widespread. A major advantage is the lack of declensions (inflections), which are the main reason I could never truly master German (though I really wanted to). Maybe some day I'll get back to it, and this time I'll nail it.

Another good thing is that English nouns don't have "gender" as they do in German... or Bulgarian (my native language). A noun can be masculine, feminine or neutral, and this affects a lot of other things as well. So it cannot be ignored.

A very curious thing is that I never needed to learn the gender of any Bulgarian word. Somehow, I can always feel it instinctively. Even for the most unfamiliar words. This not the case with German, however - I cannot feel or guess a word's gender, so I need to look it up in the dictionary.

I wonder how this works... does it occur only with native languages? You know, if I ever decide to go forth and get a PhD, this could be potential thesis topic ;)