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==Irish== | ==Irish== | ||
The | The Irish language (Gaeilge) 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. | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Nouns in Irish are categorized into masculine and feminine grammatical genders, which in turn dictate the way nouns behave with the definitive articles "an" and "na", initial consonant mutations and the formation of adjectives. Gendered nouns correspond to gendered pronouns as stand ins (ex. masculine, Sé, or feminine, Sí). Nouns do seem to possess standard endings for the most part, although there are some exceptions. Irish nouns have 4 grammatical cases: nominative/accusative, vocative, genitive and prepositional. | Nouns in Irish are categorized into masculine and feminine grammatical genders, which in turn dictate the way nouns behave with the definitive articles "an" and "na", initial consonant mutations and the formation of adjectives. Gendered nouns correspond to gendered pronouns as stand ins (ex. masculine, Sé, or feminine, Sí). Nouns do seem to possess standard endings for the most part, although there are some exceptions. Irish nouns have 4 grammatical cases: nominative/accusative, vocative, genitive and prepositional. | ||
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*''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". | *''Sin'' - this has been in use by some native speakers. it's literal meaning is "that". | ||
*''Ea'' - a gender-neutral pronoun regularly used in modern Irish, but usually only used alongside the copula. | |||
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. | ||