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The most obvious English case would be "beautiful/handsome". I am handsome. I am beautiful.
by ggrrhh_ta 5y ago
The most obvious English case would be "beautiful/handsome".
I am handsome.
I am beautiful.
- WillPostForFood 5y agoThose words are differentiated on the object, not the gender of the speaker.
- ggrrhh_ta 5y agoI was trying to give an example similar to obrigado/obrigada in English.
- WillPostForFood 5y agoOK, but neither are examples of language being different based on the speaker, they are both based on gender of the object, whether is is contextually yourself, or another.
- kingcharles 5y agoHandsome being a male adjective is a recent development though. Read some 19th century novels and the women are routinely described as handsome. I told my girlfriend she was handsome the other day and she objected strenuously. https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/355908/why-is-handsome-usually-used-for-men-not-women https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/355908/why-is-ha...