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I'm learning Russian and I don't know what it is for that, but in German I've seen "xier", "sier", and "dey". I might use "dey/dem".

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[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Swedish isn't exactly "my language", but it is the language I know best after English. Plural they is de and singular they is hen (to contrast with hon for she and han for he). It's been in use for decades, but only got officially added in the 2010s.

And Finnish just uses hän for everyone, which is supreme.

[–] Aussieiuszko@aussie.zone 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I thought Han supremacy was China not Finland.

[–] davel@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 day ago

You must be thinking of Börne.