"She and he"
Translation:Hon och han
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I think you misunderstand. Allow me to clarify my intended sentence:
"Hon och han och hen."
There is more than simply "he" and "she," and Swedish is one of a number of languages that is beginning to more fully acknowledge that: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hen_(pronoun)
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I'll just add the link to our new excellent hen post here too: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/15916853
This post is two years old and i think i cannot agree with the idea that you are free not to use it. If a person prefers to be referred to as hen who are we not to accept that?
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Han Solo--a "he" (so the other one is "she") (That's one way to remember it...)
Has 'hen' truly, formally been introduced as a regular, gender-neutral pronoun, as I have heard in a casual conversation? If so what are its other forms?
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Very late answer, but here's a link to a great post about that word: https://www.duolingo.com/comment/15916853
Even on Google translate audio the och is just "o." I am going to have my work cut out for me with Swedish. Spanish has me spoiled!
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och is always one syllable, yes. In normal speech, you usually don't hear the k at the end, unless someone speaks slowly or gives the word extra emphasis.
it would appear like the 'ooh' in the previous 'han och hon' has changed slightly to 'eeh' when the han and hon are switched! does anyone else hear this or do I need to slow the machine down somehow?
for some reason i always miss between the two: i tend to say hon when i mean he and han when i want to say she, but it should be the other way around. since i have a basic understandinv of italian i just associate 'o' with male and 'a' with female. hahah
