My mother tongue for example ( Hungarian) is not.
2006-10-16 02:25:56 · 9 answers · asked by charmed 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Ok, English partially: there are the forms: he /she.
Which other languages have for the 3rd person singular/plural one form?Thanx!
2006-10-16 02:37:51 · update #1
The Chinese language is not gender specific.Spoken Chinese is a simple language.For example,"ta" means he,she,it.
2006-10-16 03:00:02 · answer #1 · answered by Lu Heng Hsu 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English
2006-10-16 09:32:11 · answer #2 · answered by massimo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Indonesian is not very gender specific, for example, the word 'dia' means he/she, like them, but with one person. Also, in english, we tend to say i have 2 sisters and 1 brother. There is not much emphasis on whether they are older or younger. If we do say whether they are older or younger, we say it aswell as saying sister or brother. Before i continue, here are some translations in Indonesian, so that i can explain it better:
Adik- younger
Kakak- older
adik perempuan- younger sister
adik laki-laki- younger brother
kakak perempuan- older sister
kakak laki-laki- older brother
In Indonesia, it is common for them to use either adik or kakak on its own, as the emphasis is on the age, rather than the gender. They don't use the terms perempuan and laki-laki to refer to brother or sister, as these are just words which are placed after other words to say whether they are female or male, they do not actually mean brother and sister.
2006-10-16 10:08:39 · answer #3 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Finnish and Estonian are not gender specific. Don't know about the rest. English,German,Spanish, Italian and French most definately are though.
2006-10-16 16:41:02 · answer #4 · answered by JoJoNa 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mandarin Chinese isn't.
Feminine/Masculine words confuse me. I can never get them straight in French =/
2006-10-16 09:33:01 · answer #5 · answered by Glory Box♥ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
inuktitut, the language of the Inuit, is not gender-specific
2006-10-16 23:58:39 · answer #6 · answered by Dr. Phil 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turkish. We have the same 3rd person pronoun for he or she or it. It's all "O" in Turkish.
2006-10-16 11:51:12 · answer #7 · answered by Earthling 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
non of them everything relates to the male and female genitals
look at churches
most have a giant steeple on top which looks like a what?
2006-10-16 09:30:11 · answer #8 · answered by Kanis 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
COMPARED TO ITALIAN AND FRENCH ENGLISH IS MUCH LESS GENDER SPECIFIC.
2006-10-16 09:28:53 · answer #9 · answered by ~maryjane~ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋