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[–] Ertebolle@kbin.social 25 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Interestingly, written Chinese does have a gendered 'she' pronoun, 她, but it's pronounced the same as the male one, and it's a recent invention meant specifically to improve compatibility with Western languages.

Also, if you want a sample of how this works in English, the narrator / main character of Ann Leckie's "Ancillary" trilogy doesn't understand gendered pronouns and constantly gets them mixed up.

[–] memememe@fenbushi.site 1 points 1 year ago

And there's also 你 / 妳 that are used in some places or situations.

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