Gender neutral language in Spanish: Difference between revisions
Spanish pronouns
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Spanish has two grammatical genders, masculine and feminine. Like other Romance languages, it's very difficult to talk about a person in a gender-neutral way. This is because every adjective, noun, and article are all either masculine or feminine. It's difficult or even impossible to be completely gender-neutral in standard Spanish. However, feminists, LGBT people, and other activists today have made ideas for how to speak Spanish in a gender-neutral way when necessary. For example, it's now common for people to write "Latinx," "Latine" or "Latin@" as a gender-inclusive version of "Latino" and "Latina". For more information, see [[Wikipedia:Gender neutrality in Spanish and Portuguese|Wikipedia's article: Gender neutrality in Spanish and Portuguese]]. | Spanish has two grammatical genders, masculine and feminine. Like other Romance languages, it's very difficult to talk about a person in a gender-neutral way. This is because every adjective, noun, and article are all either masculine or feminine. It's difficult or even impossible to be completely gender-neutral in standard Spanish. However, feminists, LGBT people, and other activists today have made ideas for how to speak Spanish in a gender-neutral way when necessary. For example, it's now common for people to write "Latinx," "Latine" or "Latin@" as a gender-inclusive version of "Latino" and "Latina". For more information, see [[Wikipedia:Gender neutrality in Spanish and Portuguese|Wikipedia's article: Gender neutrality in Spanish and Portuguese]]. | ||
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• They/he/she | |||
I guess if they're cool with it. | |||
• Em/him/her | |||
Let's tell em then. | |||
• Theirs/his/hers | |||
Hey it's theirs. | |||
• Pers/his/her | |||
That's pers. | |||
• Perself/himself/herself | |||
They will do it perself. | |||
*Spanish* | |||
• Elle/he/she | |||
Elle ya sabe. | |||
• Elle/him/her | |||
Es elle. | |||
• Elle's/pers | |||
Eso es de elle. | |||
• Es/mismo/Ellemismo/himself/herself | |||
Es de es mismo. | |||
Ellemismo lo eso. | |||
Tengo cansancio. | |||
Estoy una persona. | |||
• Replace a or o with e, x | |||
• Hola chicxs | |||
== Letter substitution == | == Letter substitution == | ||