native english speakers...?

Question

what pronoun do you use for a fish?
she or it? .. or he?

Answer 1

Objects = it
"FISH" is an object, so.. you say : "IT" is a nice fish . NOT she/he .

Answer 2

You use the pronoun ''it'' because the word fish is a general noun and the fish can be of any gender (male or female) The pronoun ''it'' is a non specific pronoun. The pronouns ''he/ she are used ONLY when gender of the noun is known.

e.g.

''IT is a big fish''

''HE is called Juan''

''SHE is called Maria''

I hope this helps

Answer 3

Almost always "it", unless you're unusually attached to your pet fish and happen to know. My fish had babies, but I think I still said "it had babies" not "she had babies"--but then again I didn't really know which fish had them. If you're a fisherman bragging about a catch, you might be inclined to call the fish "he" to make your achievement seem more impressive.

Answer 4

Unlike other languages, English does not attribute genders to nouns (ex. objects, generics) - so we would just say "it." You may hear some English speakers (men mostly) refer to a car or a boat as "she" but that is not part of the language structure / grammar...

Answer 5

it all things that have no defined gender would be called an it, but if you are fully aware that the fish is a male or female then you could call it a he, she, or an it which ever applies

Answer 6

It...but it really doesn't matter...if you know the sex of the fish you can say he or she...but a fish itself doesn't have a gender attached to it in language...

Answer 7

Well when you're referring to an individual fish you'd normally use it because you don't know what its sex is.

But if you have a koi pond in your backyard and you know all the fish, you could use he or she if you wanted to.

Answer 8

If you know the fish's gender, then it is acceptable to use 'he' or 'she'. Otherwise, you would use 'it'.

Answer 9

It

Answer 10

it