Mark Hovila | Re: [LFN] el
David,
Maybe it doesn't matter that much. But I was just thinking of all the songs in English which use she, her, him and he. And I Love Her by the Beatles, just to name one. Would it be the same if Paul McCartney were to sing And I Love [neutral pronoun]? Or [neutral pronoun] Loves You, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah?
Mark
On Mar 19, 2013, at 4:48 AM, David Jennings wrote:
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> does it matter? quite a few natural languages dont distinguish gender and get by just fine.
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> On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 12:55 AM PDT Mark Hovila wrote:
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> >And there are two other possibilities: "He gives the cat to him" and "She gives the cat to her."
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> >> Why is "el" used for both "he/him" and "she/her"? How do you translate a sentence like:
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> >> "El dona la gato a el."
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> >> How do you know if it means "He gives the cat to her" or "She gives the cat to him"?
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> >> Mark
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