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=== How to indicate the speaker? ===
=== How to indicate the speaker? ===
==== By the first-person singular pronoun. ====
==== By the first-person singular pronoun. ====
{| class="wikitable"
!language
!word
!note
|-
|Amharic
|እኔ
|-
|Arabic
|انا
|
|-
|Basque
|ni
|
|}


=== How to indicate the listener? ===
=== How to indicate the listener? ===
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=== Are there different third-person singular pronouns for different use? ===
=== Are there different third-person singular pronouns for different use? ===
==== No. ====
==== No. ====
==== Yes. ====
=== Are there different first-person plural pronouns for different use? ===
==== No. ====
==== Yes. ====
=== Are there different second-person plural pronouns for different use? ===
==== No. ====
==== Yes. ====
=== Are there different third-person plural pronouns for different use? ===
==== No. ====
==== Yes. ====
=== How to tell the one being referenced is animate or inanimate? ===
==== By the context. ====


==== By the animate and inanimate pronoun. ====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!language
!language
!word
!word
!note
!note
|-
|Chinese Cantonese
|佢
|
|-
|Filipino
|siya
|
|-
|-
|Finnish
|Finnish
|se/ne
|hän
|for inanimate and non-human animate things
|
|-
|Haitian
|li
|
|-
|Hindi
|वह
|
|-
|Hungarian
|ő
|
|-
|Igbo
|ọ
|
|-
|Malay/Indonesian
|dia
|
|-
|-
|Persian
|Persian
|آن
|او
|for singular inanimate things
|
|-
|Swahili
|yeye
|
|-
|Turkish
|o
|
|-
|-
|Thai
|Punjabi
|มัน
|ਉਹ
|for inanimate and non-human animate things
|
|}
 
=== How to tell the one being referenced is human or animal? ===
==== By the no-gender pronoun. ====
 
==== By the human and animal pronouns. ====
{| class="wikitable"
!language
!word
!note
|-
|-
|Finnish
|Shona
|se/ne
|iye
|for inanimate and non-human animate things
|
|-
|-
|Thai
|Urdu
|มัน
|وہ
|for inanimate and non-human animate things
|
|}
|}


=== How to tell the person being referenced is male or female? ===
==== Yes. ====
==== By the third-person singular pronouns with gender. ====
 
==== Male and female ====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!language
!language
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|Burmese
|Burmese
|သူ; သူမ
|သူ; သူမ
|
|-
|Chinese Mandarin
|他; 她
|
|
|-
|-
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|}
|}


==== By the third-person singular pronoun and context. ====
===== Human and animal. =====
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
!language
!language
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!note
!note
|-
|-
|Chinese Cantonese
|Finnish
|佢
|se/ne
|
|for inanimate and non-human animate things
|-
|-
|Chinese Mandarin
|Thai
|他; 她
|มัน
|read the same
|for inanimate and non-human animate things
|-
|}
|Filipino
 
|siya
===== Animate and inanimate. =====
|
{| class="wikitable"
!language
!word
!note
|-
|-
|Finnish
|Finnish
|hän
|se/ne
|
|for inanimate and non-human animate things
|-
|Haitian
|li
|
|-
|Hindi
|वह
|
|-
|Hungarian
|ő
|
|-
|Igbo
|ọ
|
|-
|Malay/Indonesian
|dia
|
|-
|-
|Persian
|Persian
|او
|آن
|
|for singular inanimate things
|-
|-
|Swahili
|Thai
|yeye
|มัน
|
|for inanimate and non-human animate things
|}
 
=== Are there different first-person plural pronouns for different use? ===
==== No. ====
==== Yes. ====
 
=== Are there different second-person plural pronouns for different use? ===
==== No. ====
==== Yes. ====
 
=== Are there different third-person plural pronouns for different use? ===
==== No. ====
==== Yes. ====
 
=== How to tell the one being referenced is animate or inanimate? ===
==== By the context. ====
 
=== How to tell the one being referenced is human or animal? ===
==== By the no-gender pronoun. ====
 
==== By the human and animal pronouns. ====
{| class="wikitable"
!language
!word
!note
|-
|-
|Turkish
|Finnish
|o
|se/ne
|
|for inanimate and non-human animate things
|-
|-
|Punjabi
|Thai
|ਉਹ
|มัน
|
|for inanimate and non-human animate things
|-
|Shona
|iye
|
|-
|Urdu
|وہ
|
|}
|}

Revision as of 08:45, 26 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.

Far from being completed.

pronoun

How to indicate the speaker?

By the first-person singular pronoun.

How to indicate the listener?

By the second-person singular pronoun.

How to indicate a person being neither the speaker nor the listener?

By the third-person singular pronoun.

How to indicate people including the speaker and excluding the listener?

By the first-person plural pronoun and context.

By the first-person plural pronoun (exclusive “we”).

How to indicate people excluding the speaker and including the listener?

By the second-person plural pronoun.

How to indicate people including the speaker and the listener?

By the first-person plural pronoun and context.

By the first-person plural pronoun (inclusive “we”).

How to indicate people excluding the speaker and the listener?

By the third-person plural pronoun.

Are there different first-person singular pronouns for different use?

No.

Yes.

Are there different second-person singular pronouns for different use?

No.

Yes.

Are there different third-person singular pronouns for different use?

No.

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

Yes.

Male and female

language word note
Amharic እሱ; እሷ
Arabic هو; هي
Basque he; zuen
Bengali তিনি; সে
Burmese သူ; သူမ
Chinese Mandarin 他; 她
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
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
Human and animal.
language word note
Finnish se/ne for inanimate and non-human animate things
Thai มัน for inanimate and non-human animate things
Animate and inanimate.
language word note
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

Are there different first-person plural pronouns for different use?

No.

Yes.

Are there different second-person plural pronouns for different use?

No.

Yes.

Are there different third-person plural pronouns for different use?

No.

Yes.

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

By the context.

How to tell the one being referenced is human or animal?

By the no-gender pronoun.

By the human and animal pronouns.

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