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🌤️ neocat_floof_enboy neocat_flag_pan neocat_flag_ukraine @rain@itsraining.twink.men
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i wonder if it was a good idea to make words in Ukrainian translation of Snowdrop to be in their plural/singular they form
like "rain вподобали (which is the "liked" you would use if you wanted to say that they liked something) допис"
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🌤️ neocat_floof_enboy neocat_flag_pan neocat_flag_ukraine @rain@itsraining.twink.men
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i feel like singular they confuses a lot of Ukrainian-speaking folx even more than English-speaking folx
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tisane @tisane@eepy.boything.club
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@rain hmm yea true
tbh i feel like it's my preferred option out of all i'm familiar with, cause some stuff will sound awkward rephrased to avoid using gendered word forms and just writing e.g. вподобав/-ла/(-ло?) feels like writing she/he in english to me
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tisane @tisane@eepy.boything.club
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@rain wish we had a widely recognised option for gender-neutral word forms in ukrainian
well i guess the only way to it is using it in conversation myself heh
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tisane @tisane@eepy.boything.club
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@rain i mean i guess we have neuter(? is that the name) that i did use in that example but hm. i feel like it has pre-existing connotations and some of the forms are the same as the masculines and i can see both of these potentially being a problem
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WhitePaper neocat_smol neocat_flag_ace @white_paper@meowing.men
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@tisane @rain

I saw gender gaps being used (like "вподоба_ла") and even used them myself, but looks like it's not actually that common, and may be confusing at first. neocat_pensive
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tisane @tisane@eepy.boything.club
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@white_paper @rain oh yeah i have run into it a couple of times now that i think about it
idk, personally have similar feelings towards it as writing them out with a /, but it does seem more understandable to someone unfamiliar with these than singular-plural they? neobot_think
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tisane @tisane@eepy.boything.club
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@white_paper @rain anecdotally i've tried using вони to refer to others who use they in english or i don't know the gender of with some folks offline and it didn't cause confusion like i feared it would, but it's worth mentioning the people in question are mostly queer themselves in one way or another lol
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WhitePaper neocat_smol neocat_flag_ace @white_paper@meowing.men
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@tisane @rain

Makes sense, it feels like similar structure (but attempts to be more ambiguous/inclusive). neocat_think
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lesser scribe Anna of True Novembers, resident of the principality of ▓▓▓▓▓ in its XIV era‮ @lystopad@app.wafrn.net
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@rain

idk if im just too english-brained but i dont find it confusing neofox_baa
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