• Annoyed_🦀 A
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    104 months ago

    (Chinese language does not really use gendered pronouns)

    他(male) and 她(female), no?

    And also 它 for animal/object

    Or at least that’s what i learn when i’m in school, not sure if anything change.

    • randint
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      4 months ago

      You are correct. 他 for he, and 她 for she. However since they all sound the same, they’re only distinguished in writing.

      • NoneOfUrBusiness
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        94 months ago

        It’s not that they sound the same; they are the same and are just written differently. It was all 他 until in the 20th (I think) century they created 她 and 它 and made 他 for males only to make the language more European.

        • randint
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          44 months ago

          holy shit I think you’re right! I feel like I’ve seen your claim somewhere else