Did you know Old English had three grammatical genders? In this video I explore how every… — @myphotojourney5

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@myphotojourney5's TikTok video "Did you know Old English had three grammatical genders? In this video I explore how every noun in Old English was either masculine, feminine, or neuter. Using examples like sē mōna (the moon, masculine), sēo sunne (the sun, feminine), and þæt hūs (the house, neuter), we can see that English once worked much more like modern German. I also look at the curious case of wīf, meaning wife or woman, which was actually neuter, and wīfmann, which became our modern word woman. So what happened? As Anglo-Saxons and Vikings mixed, Old English and Old Norse speakers had to communicate. The two languages were closely related but didn't always agree on grammatical gender and word endings. Over time, those complicated systems were simplified, and English eventually abandoned grammatical gender almost entirely. The next time someone says English grammar is difficult, remember... it used to be even harder! #OldEnglish #EnglishLanguage #LanguageHistory #AngloSaxon #Vikings #OldNorse #Etymology #WordHistory #LearnEnglish #HistoryTok #Linguistics #EnglishHistory #GermanicLanguages #DidYouKnow #LanguageFacts" has 21,642 views, 1,833 likes, 219 comments, 91 shares in the public metrics captured by this index. That is an engagement rate of 9.9% (likes, comments and shares over views). It was posted over two weeks ago and runs 1 minute 24 seconds. It has been saved 159 times.

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