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| mon chat, ma souris, mes animaux // my cat, my mouse, my animals |
To demonstrate the possessive adjectives, I wanted to draw one male and one female cat. Duolingo mentions female cats (chatte) in many lessons. However, when I used google translate to make sure I spell everything correctly, I discovered that it refuses to use the word "chatte" point-blank, insisting on using "chat" (which is a male cat) with qualifiers. Like, for example:"we have a tomcat, female" (huh?).
A little search brought up the answer - "chatte", although formally correct, has transcended its original (at least I think it is original) meaning and now is firmly associated with female genitalia. I.e. more or less the same story as with "Pussy".
Well, Duolingo has its faults I guess. Good thing I've checked though.
I quickly changed a female cat to a mouse (f). Now everything is in order and unambiguous, I hope. I don't like how the mouse turned out though.
