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* ''Sé'' - meaning ''he'' in English, is a masculine pronoun. | * ''Sé'' - meaning ''he'' in English, is a masculine pronoun. | ||
* ''Sí'' - meaning ''she'' in English, is a feminine pronoun. | * ''Sí'' - meaning ''she'' in English, is a feminine pronoun. | ||
* ''Siad'' - meaning ''they'' in English, is neutral but a plural pronoun | * ''Siad'' - meaning ''they'' in English, is neutral but a plural pronoun | ||
Native speakers and new speakers alike have been thinking up helpful gender neutral alternatives. Some of these gender neutral pronouns include: | Native speakers and new speakers alike have been thinking up helpful gender neutral alternatives. Some of these gender neutral pronouns include: | ||
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*''Són'' - Old Irish pronoun meaning "This" (It's modern variant, seo, means the same) | *''Són'' - Old Irish pronoun meaning "This" (It's modern variant, seo, means the same) | ||
*''Intí -'' Old Irish pronoun meaning one/he/she | *''Intí -'' Old Irish pronoun meaning one/he/she | ||
*''Sin'' - this has been in use by some native speakers. it's literal meaning is "that". | |||
Irish has three grammatical forms for personal pronouns: conjunctive form, disjunctive form and emphatic form. | Irish has three grammatical forms for personal pronouns: conjunctive form, disjunctive form and emphatic form. | ||
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Example: | Example: | ||
''Ritheann siú'' or "they (sg.) run" | ''Ritheann siú'' or "they (sg.) run" | ||
''Ritheann | ''Ritheann sin'' or "they (sg.) run" | ||
''Ritheann cí'' or "they (sg.) run" | ''Ritheann cí'' or "they (sg.) run" | ||
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Examples: | Examples: | ||
''Is dalta | ''Is dalta sin'' or "they are a student" | ||
''Is duine dhuí'' or "they are a person" | ''Is duine dhuí'' or "they are a person" | ||
''Is garda chí'' or "they are a police officer" | ''Is garda chí'' or "they are a police officer" | ||
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'''Prepositional pronouns''' | '''Prepositional pronouns''' | ||
In addition to these other forms of pronouns, The irish language has "prepositional pronouns", which create specific forms of gender pronouns depending on the type of preposition. | In addition to these other forms of pronouns, The irish language has "prepositional pronouns", which create specific forms of gender pronouns depending on the type of preposition. Bear in mind the table below contains only the neutral singular versions of these pronouns---Likewise, these are proposed pronouns and non-standard forms, some of them inspired by the neuter gender endings found in Old Irish. | ||
{{Clear}} | {{Clear}} | ||
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|déin | |déin | ||
|léin | |léin | ||
| | |romhin | ||
| | |orseo | ||
|daoise | |daoise | ||
|uaithu | |uaithu | ||
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|fús | |fús | ||
|tría | |tría | ||
| | | --- | ||
|chús | |chús | ||
| | |ionseá | ||
|umúl | |umúl | ||
|feirsa | |feirsa | ||
|} | |}<br /> | ||
===Family terms=== | ===Family terms=== | ||
There are words that would be categorized in binary genders but could be used as neutral sounding words. | There are words that would be categorized in binary genders but could be used as neutral sounding words. | ||