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==Norwegian== | ==Norwegian== | ||
Norwegian is a language with three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter, but they have nothing at all to do with real gender. For example, "kvinne", which means "woman", "kusine", which means a female cousin, "jente", which means "girl", and "dronning", which means "queen", are all or can be masculine nouns. | Norwegian is a language with three grammatical genders: masculine, feminine, and neuter, but they have nothing at all to do with real gender. For example, "kvinne", which means "woman", "kusine", which means a female cousin, "jente", which means "girl", and "dronning", which means "queen", are all or can be masculine nouns. There are also a few odd words, such as romkamerat, an inclusive word meaning room-mate. The word "kamerat" means male friend. | ||
===Family terms=== | ===Family terms=== | ||
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===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
*'''Seg''': An extremely common, standard word for "themselves" | *'''Seg''': An extremely common, standard word for "themself" or "themselves". | ||
*'''Si''': The feminine possessive form of 'seg'. It indicates belonging to the subject, but not the gender/lack of gender of the subject (or even the object). | *'''Si''': The feminine possessive form of 'seg'. It indicates belonging to the subject, but not the gender/lack of gender of the subject (or even the object). | ||
*'''Sin''': The masculine possessive form of 'seg'. Its function is similar to the function described above. | *'''Sin''': The masculine possessive form of 'seg'. Its function is similar to the function described above. | ||
*'''Sitt''': The neuter possessive form of 'seg'. Its function is similar to the function described above. | *'''Sitt''': The neuter possessive form of 'seg'. Its function is similar to the function described above. | ||
*'''Hen''': An inclusive third-person pronoun. | |||
{{Information required (section)|finding the other forms of "hen"}} | |||
===Other Terms== | |||
*'''Venn''': A standard word for "friend". "Kamerat" and "venninne" are binary. | |||
==Portuguese== | ==Portuguese== | ||