@WtfEvenIsExistence@lemmy.ca to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agoEnglish Language Problemslemmy.caimagemessage-square257fedilinkarrow-up11.04Karrow-down144cross-posted to: memes@sopuli.xyz
arrow-up1992arrow-down1imageEnglish Language Problemslemmy.ca@WtfEvenIsExistence@lemmy.ca to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish • 10 months agomessage-square257fedilinkcross-posted to: memes@sopuli.xyz
minus-squareiByteABit [he/him]linkfedilink15•10 months agoI recently started very casually learning Chinese, this absolutely blew my mind along with the fact that verbs don’t have a billion different forms depending on time and the object of the sentence like all the other languages I know.
minus-square@mcc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink6•10 months agoSo there is 他／她, but only in writing so you can be very disrespectful and your conversation partner is none the wiser.
I recently started very casually learning Chinese, this absolutely blew my mind along with the fact that verbs don’t have a billion different forms depending on time and the object of the sentence like all the other languages I know.
So there is 他／她, but only in writing so you can be very disrespectful and your conversation partner is none the wiser.