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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.
Different languages have different answers.
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
| 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
The common way.
By personal pronouns and context
| Armenian | նա | |
| Cantonese | 佢 | |
| Persian | او | |
| Mandarin | 他, 她, 它, 牠, 祂 | read the same |