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 Re: Interesting languages
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Originally Posted by MikeNewYork Quote: |
Originally Posted by Anonymous In quite a few languages, 3rd person singular pron has only one form. Out of curiosity, I searched online and found some of those. It takes time for them to switch between He and She in speaking English.
I hope English will eventually use only one form too in the future. :D
English: he, she
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Chinese: ta, ta
Finnish: han, han
Turkish: o, o
Hungarian: o, oe
Kurdish: ew, ew
Urdu: wo, wo
Persian: u, u | I think you'll find that there are even more languages that differentiate between male and female pronouns. Just be thankful that we don't have gendered adjectives and articles. :D | Someone, Cas I believe, mentioned a language with a fourth person pronoun.  |