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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I am aware that 他 and 她 are pronounced the same, but written it is an issue. Is 他们 or 她们 appropriate at all?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

I saw someone using 佢 for the neutral 3rd-person pronoun. It comes from Canto, where it is used regardless of gender.

In a colloquial situation, Chinese netizens often just write "ta"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

write out the letters t and a?

also for 佢，would they still use ta for speaking? or use qu as the spoken word as well?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago

thank you!