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If you have learned some languages, you will want to ask a question like this: what can I do to express something in this language.
If you have learned some languages, you will want to ask a question like this: what can I do to express something in this language.


Different languages have different answers.
Different languages have different answers. Here we see answers from Nigro-Congo, Austronesian, Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Afroasiatic, Austroasiatic, Dravidian, Japonic, language isolate, which are the most popular and are support on Google Translate. Far from being completed.


== How to differentiate the speaker and the listener and the person being referenced==
== How to differentiate the speaker and the listener and the person being referenced ==
=== By personal pronouns ===
=== By personal pronouns ===
This is the common way. I haven't found another answer yet, but maybe I can later.
This is the common way. I haven't found another answer yet, but maybe I can later.
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== How to tell the person being referenced is male or female ==
== How to tell the person being referenced is male or female ==
=== By personal pronouns with gender ===
=== By personal pronouns with gender ===
{| class="wikitable"
!language
!word
!note
|-
|Amharic
|እሱ; እሷ
|
|-
|Arabic
|هو; هي
|
|-
|Basque
|he; zuen
|
|-
|Bengali
|তিনি; সে
|
|-
|Burmese
|သူ; သူမ
|
|-
|English
|he; she
|
|-
|French
|il; elle
|
|-
|German
|er; sie
|
|-
|Hausa
|shi; ta
|
|-
|Hebrew
|הוא; היא
|
|-
|Italian
|lui; lei
|
|-
|Japanese
|彼; 彼女
|
|-
|Javanese
|piyambakipun; dheweke
|
|-
|Kannada
|ಅವನು; ಅವಳು
|
|-
|Khmer
|គាត់; នាង
|
|-
|Korean
|그; 그녀
|
|-
|Malay
|dia
|
|-
|Malayalam
|അവൻ; അവൾ
|
|-
|Portuguese
|ele; ela
|
|-
|Russian
|он; она
|
|-
|Somali
|isagu; iyada
|
|-
|Spanish
|él; ella
|
|-
|Tamil
|அவர்; அவள்
|
|-
|Telugu
|అతను; ఆమె
|
|-
|Vietnamese
|anh ta; bà ấy
|
|-
|Yoruba
|oun; o
|
|}


=== By personal pronouns and context ===
=== By personal pronouns and context ===
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!note
!note
|-
|-
|Armenian
|Cantonese
|նա
|佢
|
|
|-
|-
|Cantonese
|Filipino
|佢
|siya
|
|
|-
|-
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|Haitian
|Haitian
|li
|li
|
|-
|Hindi
|वह
|
|
|-
|-
|Hungarian
|Hungarian
|ő
|ő
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|-
|Igbo
|ọ
|
|
|-
|-
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|-
|-
|Mandarin
|Mandarin
|他, 她, 它, 牠, 祂
|他, 她
|read the same
|read the same
|-
|-
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|Turkish
|Turkish
|o
|o
|
|-
|Punjabi
|ਉਹ
|
|-
|Shona
|iye
|
|-
|Urdu
|وہ
|
|
|}
|}

Revision as of 11:43, 16 October 2018

If you have learned some languages, you will want to ask a question like this: what can I do to express something in this language.

Different languages have different answers. Here we see answers from Nigro-Congo, Austronesian, Indo-European, Sino-Tibetan, Afroasiatic, Austroasiatic, Dravidian, Japonic, language isolate, which are the most popular and are support on Google Translate. Far from being completed.

How to differentiate the speaker and the listener and the person being referenced

By personal pronouns

This is the common way. I haven't found another answer yet, but maybe I can later.

How to tell the one being referenced is animate or inanimate things

By context

The common way.

By animate and inanimate pronouns

Finnish se/ne for inanimate and non-human animate things
Persian آن for singular inanimate things
Thai มัน for inanimate and non-human animate things

How to tell the one being referenced is human or animal

By no-gender pronouns

The common way.

By human and animal pronouns

Finnish se/ne for inanimate and non-human animate things
Thai มัน for inanimate and non-human animate things

How to tell the person being referenced is male or female

By personal pronouns with gender

language word note
Amharic እሱ; እሷ
Arabic هو; هي
Basque he; zuen
Bengali তিনি; সে
Burmese သူ; သူမ
English he; she
French il; elle
German er; sie
Hausa shi; ta
Hebrew הוא; היא
Italian lui; lei
Japanese 彼; 彼女
Javanese piyambakipun; dheweke
Kannada ಅವನು; ಅವಳು
Khmer គាត់; នាង
Korean 그; 그녀
Malay dia
Malayalam അവൻ; അവൾ
Portuguese ele; ela
Russian он; она
Somali isagu; iyada
Spanish él; ella
Tamil அவர்; அவள்
Telugu అతను; ఆమె
Vietnamese anh ta; bà ấy
Yoruba oun; o

By personal pronouns and context

language word note
Cantonese 佢
Filipino siya
Finnish hän
Haitian li
Hindi वह
Hungarian ő
Igbo ọ
Malay/Indonesian dia
Persian او
Mandarin 他, 她 read the same
Swahili yeye
Turkish o
Punjabi ਉਹ
Shona iye
Urdu وہ
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