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!Ze & zir
!Ze & zir
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|Nominative
!Nominative
|He sporked.
|''He'' sporked.
|She sporked.
|''She'' sporked.
|It sporked.
|''It'' sporked.
|E sporked.
|''E'' sporked.
|Ey sporked.
|''Ey'' sporked.
|Ze sporked.
|''Ze'' sporked.
|-
!Oblique
|I poked ''him''.
|I poked ''her''.
|I poked ''it''.
|I poked ''em''.
|I poked ''em''.
|I poked ''zir/zem''.
|-
!Possessive determiner
|''His'' egg rocks.
|''Her'' egg rocks.
|''Its'' egg rocks.
|''Eir'' egg rocks.
|''Eir'' egg rocks.
|''Zir/Zes'' egg rocks.
|-
!Reflexive
|He likes ''himself''.
|She likes ''herself''.
|It likes ''itself''.
|E likes ''eirself''.
|Ey likes ''emself''.
|Ze likes ''zirself''.
|}
|}


Please [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Modern_solutions see Wikipedia for more information and forms].
Please [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun#Modern_solutions see Wikipedia for more information and forms].

Revision as of 11:07, 14 August 2012

There are many gender-neutral or gender-other pronoun sets available to authors to use in situations where they wish to express something with a pronoun but do not wish to convey or suggest a gender. In these cases it may be handy to refer to this chart to help you navigate the wild waters of gender-neutrality or non-specificity:

Some gender-neutral or gender-other pronouns as compared to the standard ones.
Std (He) Std (She) Std (It) Spivak (old) Spivak (new) Ze & zir
Nominative He sporked. She sporked. It sporked. E sporked. Ey sporked. Ze sporked.
Oblique I poked him. I poked her. I poked it. I poked em. I poked em. I poked zir/zem.
Possessive determiner His egg rocks. Her egg rocks. Its egg rocks. Eir egg rocks. Eir egg rocks. Zir/Zes egg rocks.
Reflexive He likes himself. She likes herself. It likes itself. E likes eirself. Ey likes emself. Ze likes zirself.

Please see Wikipedia for more information and forms.