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彼・彼女: The Japanese Words for "He" and "She" That We Don't Really Use

The Tofugu Podcast: Japan and Japanese Language

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How to Mix It Up in English

I think it's really messed up, like, in my head, cause i didn't really grow up using this like concept. French speakers mess up om, he and she and she, his and hers a lotin her,. Because if they want to say his ta, for example, then they'll say e table. Yein the real clross cross linguistic mudel, the whole gender thing is no, ya, she got rid of them. Whi you get rid of yaan se bout that. I think japanese aly has it nailed. They ya, better, better ways of doing it, names or fomiy rolls aes!

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