Splitting string into dictionary

[John Machin]

David Pratt wrote:
> I have string text with language text records that looks like this:
> 
> 'en' | 'the brown cow' | 'fr' | 'la vache brun'

Pardonnez-moi, but I thought "how now brown cow" translated into 
something like "comme maintenant vache brune" -- something about the 
adjectives agreeing with the noun in both number and gender. But it's a 
long time since I was in school. Are adjectives unisex these days?