Half the finns don't even use "hän". In day to day conversations it's frequently replaced with "se" which is basically "it", making no difference between living things and inanimate objects. That is not considered impolite or anything like that. It's more a dialect thing.
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jaennaet@sopuli.xyz · 18 pts · 188d
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · -7 pts · 188d
I specifically like it because it's not gendered though, I feel like we should normalise non-gendered pronouns more
Pirtatogna@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 188d
Half the finns don't even use "hän". In day to day conversations it's frequently replaced with "se" which is basically "it", making no difference between living things and inanimate objects. That is not considered impolite or anything like that. It's more a dialect thing.
jaennaet@sopuli.xyz · 6 pts · 188d
Pirtatogna@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 187d
As a native finn I agree. So much noise and so many impractical solutions for something that we have for all intents and purposes solved millenia ago.
jaennaet@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 188d
Mandarbmax@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 188d
At least you can come pretty close with han. Would be nice if they gave you the umlaut you want
TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 188d
Well han is Swedish for 'he', so not quite the same 🤣
Pirtatogna@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 188d
Yeah like Florence Foster Jenkins came pretty close to hitting the right notes almost every time...
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