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What are the pronouns they/them in your language? (discuss.online)
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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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[โ€“] 11 points 10 months ago (1 child)

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

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  • [โ€“] 5 points 10 months 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.

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