She = He

Minä   Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:01 am GMT
In Finnish there is only one word for both "she" and "he" (hän).

I read that that's also the case in:

-Hungarian (which is related to Finnish)

-Turkish

-Chinese (in spite of different characters)

-Malay/Indonesian

-Persian


Do you know other languages where 'she' = 'he' ?


Kiitos!
Jake   Thu Jul 24, 2008 1:55 am GMT
Tagalog - siya (absolutive), niya (ergative), kaniya (oblique)
Guest   Thu Jul 24, 2008 6:29 am GMT
Cantonese
SJF   Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:01 am GMT
Hindi/Urdu/Bangla
Alessandro   Thu Jul 24, 2008 8:22 am GMT
In Italian Lei "She" is used also for "you singolar" in formal situations.
Minä   Fri Aug 01, 2008 7:05 pm GMT
I see.

Thank you!

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