WtfEvenIsExistence1️@lemmy.ca to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoEnglish Language Problemslemmy.caimagemessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down144
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minus-squareiByteABit [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up15·2 years agoI recently started very casually learning Chinese, this absolutely blew my mind along with the fact that verbs don’t have a billion different forms depending on time and the object of the sentence like all the other languages I know.
minus-squaremcc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoSo there is 他/她, but only in writing so you can be very disrespectful and your conversation partner is none the wiser.
I recently started very casually learning Chinese, this absolutely blew my mind along with the fact that verbs don’t have a billion different forms depending on time and the object of the sentence like all the other languages I know.
So there is 他/她, but only in writing so you can be very disrespectful and your conversation partner is none the wiser.