FreshParsnip@lemmy.cacake to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 个月前The singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingmessage-squaremessage-square49linkfedilinkarrow-up1259arrow-down111
arrow-up1248arrow-down1message-squareThe singular they is actually such a natural part of the English language, the people complaining about it almost certainly use it without noticingFreshParsnip@lemmy.cacake to Showerthoughts@lemmy.world · 6 个月前message-square49linkfedilink
minus-squareSlashme@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 个月前Das Mädchen seht am See und es sieht ihn. The girl stands at the lake and it sees him. In German, a lake is masculine and all diminutives are neuter, and that includes Mädchen (girl), which is a diminutive of the obsolete word “Magd” (a cognate of “maid”).
Das Mädchen seht am See und es sieht ihn.
The girl stands at the lake and it sees him.
In German, a lake is masculine and all diminutives are neuter, and that includes Mädchen (girl), which is a diminutive of the obsolete word “Magd” (a cognate of “maid”).