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The irish language (Gaeilige) presents some challenges to creating a gender neutral way of speaking. Every noun is gendered in either masculine or feminine grammatical gender, with accompanied binary forms for adjective agreement, pronouns and prepositions. | The irish language (Gaeilige) presents some challenges to creating a gender neutral way of speaking. Every noun is gendered in either masculine or feminine grammatical gender, with accompanied binary forms for adjective agreement, pronouns and prepositions. | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
Pronouns in standard Irish Gaelic are as follows: | |||
* ''Sé'' meaning the equivalent of ''he'' in English, is a masculine pronoun. | |||
* ''Sí" meaning the equivalent of ''she'' in English, is a feminine pronoun. | |||
* ''Siad'' meaning the equivalent of ''they'' in English, is neutral but a plural pronoun. | |||
===Titles=== | ===Titles=== | ||
===Family terms=== | ===Family terms=== | ||