this post was submitted on 30 Aug 2023
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In Finnish: hän = he/she. No need for gendered pronouns.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Something something husband piece of shit husband?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Exactly, way too complicated!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wow! TIL this. I was under the impression that all European languages have gendered pronouns.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Finnish is unrelated to nearly all other European languages

Swedish has more in common with Hindi than it does Finnish, despite being neighbours