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[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (13 children)

"He's"

So Gender is male? Interesting.

[–] ArmokGoB@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Susaga@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago (1 children)

But it's a specific he. It's referring to a specific person.

And why is a generic pronoun male?

[–] stephen01king@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The answer to your second question is that 'he' was historically used as generic pronouns, though it's not as acceptable nowadays.

[–] Attaxalotl@ttrpg.network 2 points 3 months ago

It still is in Spanish, language is weird

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