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minus-squarejlow (he / him)@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up8·11 hours agoIt totally isn’t unfortunately, the gender neutral pronoun (if that’s what it’s called?) doesn’t work for humans.
minus-square9bananas@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up11·11 hours agooh, it does work… …if you’re bigoted enough.
minus-squarehydrashok@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·11 hours agoYep. Masculine, feminine, and neuter. It’s annoyingly hard to learn. Plus all the other adjectives and such change to match. It’s wild.
minus-squarerautapekoni@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·15 minutes agoWhen I studied German a bit for fun I gave up on trying to memorize the genders and just used “das” for everything. Yeah it’s wildly incorrect but still mostly understandable which is fine for me.
minus-squareDemdaru@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·13 hours agoPolish also has three. She, he, it/this.
minus-squareDe Lancre@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 hours agoI think most slavic languages in general, not just polish.
three?!
German is woke
It totally isn’t unfortunately, the gender neutral pronoun (if that’s what it’s called?) doesn’t work for humans.
oh, it does work…
…if you’re bigoted enough.
Yep. Masculine, feminine, and neuter. It’s annoyingly hard to learn. Plus all the other adjectives and such change to match. It’s wild.
When I studied German a bit for fun I gave up on trying to memorize the genders and just used “das” for everything. Yeah it’s wildly incorrect but still mostly understandable which is fine for me.
Polish also has three. She, he, it/this.
I think most slavic languages in general, not just polish.