If you know a gendered language, do you prefer using gendered vocabulary for yourself or gender neutral? (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 months ago by voytek709@lemmy.ca to c/nonbinary

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Everyone is different. Some people who are non binary but lean/present as feminine might use feminine words, but others I’ve seen use the masculine because they think modifying the grammar is complicated.

I personally use the gender-neutral modified language, like using elle in Spanish.

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[-] boo_ 3 points 2 months ago

Not a native speaker of French, but while "on" can be used as singular "they," it is much more often used to say "one," as in: "One could eat a meal." I think "iel" is better because it is distinctly a third person singular personal pronoun. Sure, it is not as well established, but it is in at least one big respected dictionary.

[-] Droggelbecher@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

As french learner, I'm curious. How do you go about making adjectives neutral?

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