David Jennings | Re: [LFN] el
Mandarin has lots (LOTS) of love songs, and one third person pronoun: ta
Khmer pronouns show relative age and degree of intimacy, but not gender(usually)
Neither seems to confuse anyone.
LFN is trying for simplicity, so best to use what is simple.
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On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 1:04 AM PDT Mark Hovila wrote:
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>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?
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>Mark
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>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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