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What are the pronouns they/them in your language? (discuss.online)

submitted 1 day ago by IHatePepRallies@discuss.online to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] MissingGhost@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In French we have "iel". It's a mix of the male and female pronoms "il" and "elle".

[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Don't forget that other contraption : for "those" we have "celles" + "ceux" = "celleux" (and probably celle + celui into cuielle or something)

Then let's have fun with everybody : "toutes" and "tous" is an easy one - toustes !

Checking wikipedia on the matter, TIL that until the XII century French had neutrals "al" or "el", and these are proposed for a comeback

I am sincerely 100% for the transformation of language towards eradication of the default masculine and the new pronouns, but changing habits is hard.