Gender neutral language: Difference between revisions
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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". | * ''S`'' - A possibly ambiguous way to use the simple Slender S sound "S" but shortened without the masc or femme endings. ''Tá S` go maith'' | ||
*''Ea'' - a gender-neutral pronoun regularly used in modern Irish, but usually restricted to certain grammatical circumstances. | *''Sin'' - this has been in use by some native speakers. it's literal meaning is "that". Alternative ways of spelling Sin could include ''Sinh'', ''S'n'', ''S-n'' or 'Sinhe'. The "Nh" is a borrowed ending from old gaelic, pronounced as a regular N or N followed by an H. Sinh, S'n and S-n would all be pronounced as ''Sin'' In some dialects of Irish and in Scottish Gaelic, ''Sinn/Sinne'' is used as a pronoun meaning We in english. | ||
*''Ea'' - a gender-neutral pronoun regularly used in modern Irish, but usually restricted to certain grammatical circumstances. | |||
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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|}Another option if using "sin" as a pronoun could be to use the preposition stem in combination with "sin" or "that". Ex. Aige "at him" or Aici "at her" would be replaced with Ag Sin (literally at that). Some non-binary speakers of Irish may also look to using Siad as a pronoun, which would correspond with Siad's additional prepositional forms. <br /> | |}Another option if using "sin" as a pronoun could be to use the preposition stem in combination with "sin" or "that". Ex. Aige "at him" or Aici "at her" would be replaced with Ag Sin (literally at that). Some non-binary speakers of Irish may also look to using Siad as a pronoun, which would correspond with Siad's additional prepositional forms. <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. | ||