Is creating the word ŝ/li meant that is neutral ?
од se, 30. децембар 2015.
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robbkvasnak (Погледати профил) 31. децембар 2015. 18.11.23
Miland (Погледати профил) 01. јануар 2016. 10.10.48
robbkvasnak:..find a way to express the plurality of 'you'..You could use vi ĉiuj if you are saying something intended for every member of a group that you are speaking to, and you fear that vi might not get your meaning across.
Bemused (Погледати профил) 01. јануар 2016. 10.58.15
bartlett22183:You might be interested in "thon", short for "that one".
I have long been of the opinion that a language which does not have a sex-neutral third person singular pronoun is somehow slightly defective, and I specifically include my native English.
It was in the dictionaries until about the 1960's.
Unfortunately it was so thoroughly ignored that it not only fell out of use but has been mostly forgotten.
I have found that using it usually results in discussions relating to the need for the use of a sex neutral 3rd person singular, and the original topic gets lost.
The pronoun system is one of the aspects of Ido that I believe make it superior to both Esperanto and English.