He = she

Sunday, 6 April 2008 09:36
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Amy should be learning Turkish or Hungarian or something :) She tends to mix up "he" and "she" (and their inflected forms) in both English and German, using either form more or less indiscriminately, regardless of the gender of the referent.

Date: Sunday, 6 April 2008 09:56 (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] pthalo
in Hungarian, she'd probably just mix ő with az, which is far less of a big deal than he or she. :)

Date: Sunday, 6 April 2008 10:49 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] boyzici.livejournal.com
hey

you might like to read my latest lj entry :)

Date: Sunday, 6 April 2008 16:53 (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] pne.livejournal.com
Now that was a pleasant surprise!

Thanks for the notification, too!

/hi/ = /ʃi/

Date: Monday, 7 April 2008 00:49 (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] tungol.livejournal.com
When I was learning Hebrew, our teacher gave us a mnemonic for learning Hebrew pronouns: /mi ɪz hu, hu ɪz hi, ænd hi ɪz ʃi/. (My Hebrew typing skills aren't up to giving that in orthography, but the first word in every pair is Hebrew and the second is its English translation.)

Re: /hi/ = /ʃi/

Date: Monday, 7 April 2008 04:38 (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] pne.livejournal.com
I've seen that sentence before, though usually with "and dog means fish" added. (Though whether that last one is true depends on the accent in both English and Hebrew.)

Fun, though!

Re: /hi/ = /ʃi/

Date: Monday, 7 April 2008 12:51 (UTC)
From: [identity profile] node-ue.livejournal.com
My mom taught me that... that's about all the Hebrew I know.

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