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- "男です。"
"男です。"
Translation:I am a man.
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Male and female kanji are survival Japanese as some restaurants only put these signs on the restroom doors ☺️
Though "it's a man" sounds kinda strange. Like you were pregnant for 20 years, then when you finally gave birth the doctor said "it's a man!" instead of "it's a boy!"
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の人 specifies that we're talking about a man. 男 should really be translated as male as a few people have already pointed out.
What is a man? A miserable little pile of secrets! But enough talk! Have at you!
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Usually, in English, you don't use male and female as nouns when referring to humans. You can do it, but to a lot of people will feel like you're classifying some animal specimen or something.
Using the word as an adjective, "I'm male", was accepted for me.
Is it the same when you're classifying some animal specimen in Japanese?
the 'correct answer given was "He is a man" and "It is a man" was not accepted, DL still stuck in Beta
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Was trying to think of an instance where "it is a man" would be used and then thought of.....
"Is it a bird?" "Is it a plane?" "It's (super)man!" 笑い
