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Gender distinctions in personal pronouns
Only in the Khoekhoe Afrikaans dialect do we find the use of hy signifying both 'he' and 'she'.
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In 3rd person singular only
Example 29-23:
hy vs. sy; hom vs. haar
hy
3sg
.
m
.
nom
vs.
vs.
sy;
3sg
.
f
.
nom
hom
3sg
.
m
.
obl
vs.
vs.
haar
3sg
.
f
.
obl
he vs. she; him vs. her
Confidence:
Very certain
Language:
Afrikaans
by
Hans den Besten
and
Theresa Biberauer
cite
Language:
Afrikaans
Feature:
Gender distinctions in personal pronouns
Source:
Own knowledge
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