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Gender of non-specific antecedent
If a noun hasn't been mentioned yet, how do we know what gender it has?
For example, suppose I make two cups of coffee, and I want to say to someone, "This one is for you," but I haven't mentioned ...
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Le mot « personne » peut-il être masculin?
J'ai lu dans la Bible française:
Que personne ne dise, lorsqu'il est tenté: C'est Dieu qui me tente; ...
C'est une personne qui ne doit pas exister, toutefois, mais le mot comment a-t-il perdu ...
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How to say ‘it’ when ‘it’ has no defined gender?
How do you say it when it has no defined gender?
For example in the phrase:
Eat it!
Is the French translation “mangez-la ! ” or “mangez-le ! ”, or neither?
Also, aside from in “c'est” where ...
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Why “Je viens de l'acheter” even if we have just bought “un livre”?
I thought it should be “Je viens du acheter”. Is it because “acheter” has a vowel at the beginning?
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Why “vous pouvez LUI acheter une montre” when we are talking about a female person?
I thought it should be “vous pouvez elle acheter une montre”.
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Peut-on utiliser « ce » dans cette phrase ?
Dans les commentaires de cette réponse, nous avons parlé de la correction de cette phrase :
La transformation qui a conduit le français à cette situation pourrait correspondre à ce qui est ...
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Given the lack of a gender-neutral pronoun in French, how should one refer to somebody of unknown gender?
Is there a specific rule on how you should refer to someone of unknown gender in French? For example, if you were writing a guide on how to do something and you wanted to indicate that the reader ...
