"La infano havas gepatrojn, kaj ili amas lin."

Translation: The child has parents, and they love him.

[papercrane]

Aw, that's sweet. :')

[ArseLonga]

I love how this chapter is teaching us about children and other kinds of animals.

[MurphyCharlie]

Would ŝin also work here, or would we need to change "La infano" into "La infanino" for ŝin to work?

[sbp421]

As far as I understand it:
infano = child (gender neutral)
infanoj = children (gender neutral plural)
knabo = boy
knaboj = boys (same as "male children")
knabino = girl
knabinoj = girls (same as "female children")
Infanino isn't a word. And it doesn't mean female child. Knabino does.
So yes, ŝin would be perfectly acceptable here.

[water_color]

You would need to change the English translation too though.

[salivanto]

Infanino isn't a word. And it doesn't mean female child

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It's a "theoretically possible word" and sounds about as normal as "childress" or "kidette" does in English in place of "girl."

[Pethanise]

I think infanino could work just like ĉevalilo, nazbrovaĵo, fingrulo, skribilino or virujo ) And, as you already mentioned, there are knabo and knabino to mark gender.

[thestinkboy]

so pure

[PawelBaj]

Does the word infano refer to male children or to children in general?

[sbp421]

As far as I understand it:
infano = child (gender neutral)
infanoj = children (gender neutral plural)
knabo = boy
knaboj = boys (same as "male children")
knabino = girl
knabinoj = girls (same as "female children")
Infano refers to children in general.

[JosAdolfoP]

Laŭ la Fundamento, "infano" estu anstataŭigebla per "ĝi", ĉu ne? Aŭ mi eraras?

[Nastassia.V]

Could I also use "ĝi"? Or would that be disrespectful?