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Message de dakir posté le 04-05-2005 à 12:37:44 (S | E | F | I)
hello everybody
it is used for animals and things....him for a human
is it correct to say for animals :; "I love my dog ".."I love him" instead of it.
thank you
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Edité par bridg le 04-05-2005 13:30
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Message de dakir posté le 04-05-2005 à 12:37:44 (S | E | F | I)
hello everybody
it is used for animals and things....him for a human
is it correct to say for animals :; "I love my dog ".."I love him" instead of it.
thank you
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Edité par bridg le 04-05-2005 13:30
english only
Réponse: it or him de aimen7, postée le 04-05-2005 à 12:54:09 (S | E)
Hi, dakir.
Yes, "he and "she" can be used when we know the gender of the animal(male or female). The two pronouns are commonly used when we talk about "pets",(animaux familiers).
But there's certainly a lot to say about this question.
Réponse: it or him de ruofei, postée le 04-05-2005 à 13:28:39 (S | E)
Hello Dakir,
As a rule, in English:
> males are a he
> females are a she
> and everything else (including most animals) is an it.
But a rule always has to be broken
; here are some ‘exceptions’:1) Cars and ships are often referred to as she (ex: This car is beautiful and she’s fast too!’)
2) If you are emotionally attached to your animals, or ‘pets’ as Aimen7 mentioned, you can call them a he or she… Also, to mark the gender of an animal, you can add she- or he- before its noun (ex: a she-cat, a he-goat...don't forget the hyphen)…Thus, a horse can be a she, he or it BUT a hen would be a she and a rooster can only be a he (I’ve learned it from the motion picture “Chicken Run!”
) 3) Human babies can be named as it (if we aren’t quite sure about the sex and although it may sound a little weird to French speakers. ex: Look at the baby! It’s walking!)
Réponse: it or him de aimen7, postée le 04-05-2005 à 13:38:03 (S | E)
Thanks ruofei for this summary.
Réponse: it or him de dakir, postée le 04-05-2005 à 14:32:46 (S | E)
thank you all, that is very interesting....and helpful
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Edité par serena le 04-05-2005 18:46
Two posts in one.
Réponse: it or him de ruofei, postée le 04-05-2005 à 23:34:24 (S | E)
You're very
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