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As in other Romance languages, it is traditional to use the masculine form of nouns and pronouns when referring to males and females collectively. [26] Advocates of gender-neutral language modification consider this to be sexist and favor new ways of writing and speaking. [27] Two methods have begun to come into use.
French has a T-V distinction in the second person singular. That is, it uses two different sets of pronouns: tu and vous and their various forms. The usage of tu and vous depends on the kind of relationship (formal or informal) that exists between the speaker and the person with whom they are speaking and the age differences between these subjects. [1]
A third-person pronoun is a pronoun that refers to an entity other than the speaker or listener. [1] Some languages, such as Slavic, with gender-specific pronouns have them as part of a grammatical gender system, a system of agreement where most or all nouns have a value for this grammatical category.
an assumed name, a nickname (often used in a pejorative way in French). [53] soi-disant lit. "oneself saying"; so-called; self-described. soigné fashionable; polished. soirée an evening party. sommelier a wine steward. soupçon a very small amount. (In French, it can also mean "suspicion".) soupe du jour
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Female members of a profession can be referred to with the masculine ending -e (eg. presidente) or the feminine -essa (eg. presidentessa). A 2001 study by Mucchi-Faina and Barro showed that women professionals are more persuasive when using the masculine ending while a 2012 study by Merkel et al. show there was no difference in perception.
A French couple has been permanently banned from owning pets after 159 neglected cats and seven dogs were rescued from their home. The 52-year-old man and his 68-year-old partner lived with the ...
In Italy or in French-speaking regions (Belgium, France, [2] and Quebec [3]), Sacha is more often given to males. [4] In the United States the name is almost exclusively used for girls and ranked number 569 among U.S. baby names in 2014, although it didn't gain popularity until the 1970s.