And now, not so deep thoughts

[Ghoulish Delight]

In Spanish, nouns have gender (e.g., la mesa is "female", el barco is "male"). Nouns that refer to people switch genders depending on if the subject is male or female. For example, a male teacher is "un profesor", a female teacher is "una profesora".

Similarly, if you're talking about an animal, the gender switches with that of the animal. So a male dog is "un perro", a female dog is "una perra".

What ocurred to me this morning is that the same does not happen with the word for "person". As a matter of fact, the word for person remains "female" no matter the subject. Una persona es una persona.

Interesting.