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In my native language, that is, Kazakh, third-person pronouns are gender-less. "It said it would come tomorrow" means "He/She/It said he/she/it would come tomo
by rigorous 7y ago
In my native language, that is, Kazakh, third-person pronouns are gender-less.
"It said it would come tomorrow" means "He/She/It said he/she/it would come tomorrow" and it somehow works :) You're to infer the gender from context.
- AstralStorm 7y agoEnglish example is the singular they. "It" has some additional implication on age.
- f1refly 7y agoExcept the "singular they" doesn't exist and in basically a forced change of spoken language by a minority who thinks forcing people is a great way to accomplish things
- AstralStorm 7y agoThere's no other way to enact change than force or consensus, or mix of these. Consensus is not going to happen. Languages change very slowly. Royal We was forced, but in widespread use. This pronoun is an offshoot thereof. And other languages have even better pronouns than English. Check Chinese and Japanese.