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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". This word can also be used as a singular pronoun.
*'''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==
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