Does the English words have specific a gender??

I know that might be a silly and weird question, but I just realized that some concepts of portuguese and english are completely opposed to each other. One of then is that, apparently your words don't have a specific gender (like male or female) which confuses me sometimes.

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bijouxbroussard · F

I understand, because French is that way too; each word has a gender, the article used is feminine or masculine, depending. English doesn't other than actual pronouns describing people, they're gender neutral.

Arthur14 · 26-30, M

@bijouxbroussard curiouser and curiouser... 🤔

bijouxbroussard · F

@Arthur14 One of the few simple rules, "the" covers just about all nouns---singular and plural.

Arthur14 · 26-30, M

@bijouxbroussard yes, that kinda gotta sometimes. But since is way simpler than use o or a, and os or as, I will not complain. I just love these cultural shock sometimes!