lack of "he" and "she" in spoken chinese?

Question

does it confuse chinese speakers that there's no pronouns like
"he" to distinguish male, and "she" to distinguish female?
in english, it's easier to say "he" she it.

Answer 1

well..it doesn't confuse us because we're used to it.. like soem poepel are used to brushing their teeth before breakfast and some brush their teeth after breakfast... they're used to it.

euh in cantonese and madnarin it's pronounced ta... and euh

no difference when spoken, but in writing there is 4 different kinds

male, female, animal, it (an inanimate object)

[hm.but in japanese..they use boku for male and watashi by both genders]

Answer 2

Many languages, like Hungarian and Shoshoni, also do not distinguish between male and female in third person singular pronouns. In fact, the majority of the world's languages do not distinguish between "he" and "she" and "it" in third person singular pronouns.

Answer 3

No, baiscally, we give the person we are talking to some background information about the person. Sometimes, the name gives a hint, like you wouldn't say Julia is a he, right? The person would ask if we didn't say anyway.

Answer 4

There is always context to the 'ta' (he, she, it) in Chinese. Writen, they are all a little different.
他 he 她 she 它 it.

Answer 5

won't matter unless your blind....its true. Ni How Ma

Answer 6

no, you have to look into the context of the conversation.

Answer 7

mike_i is right....

他-he
她-she
它-it

They all sound the same though-'ta'. :)

Answer 8

nop, never thought about that

Answer 9

No it doesn't confuse us at all.