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.
Indeed. “Women hold up half the sky”, my left buttock. The current Chinese economy is built on the bones of millions of little girls. When they invade Russia client states, then start pressuring the borders of Russia itself, I have no idea who to favor. I’ll just keep planting sunflowers.
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A big portion of population might go the way of Uyghurs which is not great.
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.
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You are correct. 他 for he, and 她 for she. However since they all sound the same, they’re only distinguished in writing.
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.
holy shit I think you’re right! I feel like I’ve seen your claim somewhere else
No idea why it boils down to treatment of LGBT, as if that is the only group that is consistently fucked with.
Indeed. “Women hold up half the sky”, my left buttock. The current Chinese economy is built on the bones of millions of little girls. When they invade Russia client states, then start pressuring the borders of Russia itself, I have no idea who to favor. I’ll just keep planting sunflowers.
Welcome to Lemmy. We have only three topics - LGBT, Linux and USA politics ( lately rebranded to TrumpElon ).
You forgot vegan cats.
Don’t forget Star Trek.
Kirk yes
God dammit, you got me.
And LOTR!
They might not use genered pronouns, but they do a lot of referring to people as uncle/auntie/big sister/little brother and the like.
Less pro, more noun. Gotcha.