Gender neutral language: Difference between revisions
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* ''Siú'' - suggested from some learners in the duolingo community, it bears resemblance to ''Sé'' and ''Sí'' but stands alone as a gender neutral alternative. Not regularly used. | * ''Siú'' - suggested from some learners in the duolingo community, it bears resemblance to ''Sé'' and ''Sí'' but stands alone as a gender neutral alternative. Not regularly used. | ||
* ''Duí'' - non-standard, used in place of ''Sí'' and ''Sé'', it derives from the word ''duine'' which translates to ''person''. Bear in mind that the grammatical gender of ''duine'' itself is grammatically masculine in gender. | * ''Duí'' - non-standard, used in place of ''Sí'' and ''Sé'', it derives from the word ''duine'' which translates to ''person''. Bear in mind that the grammatical gender of ''duine'' itself is grammatically masculine in gender. | ||
Irish has three grammatical forms for personal pronouns: conjunctive form, disjunctive form and emphatic form. | |||
'''Conjunctive form''' | |||
The conjunctive form is used when the subject follows the verb. Standard Irish sentence structure is Verb Subject Object or VSO. Forms corresponding to the non-standard pronouns above include ''Siú'' and ''Duí'' | |||
Example: | |||
''Ritheann siú'' or "they (sg.) run" | |||
''Ritheann duí'' or "they (sg.) run" | |||
'''Disjunctive form''' | |||
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. | ||