It’s not that they sound the same; they are the same and are just written differently. It was all 他 until in the 20th (I think) century they created 她 and 它 and made 他 for males only to make the language more European.
If you write 他 to refer to a woman on a test essay, you’d still get marked correct.
Writing 她 to refer to a man would be incorrect.
Basically
他 = He OR She
她 = She
它 = It (refer to objects and non-human animals)
他 is what gets used all the time to refer to both genders. 她 is rarely used, unless maybe in an English class to teach the difference between the English pronouns He and She.
他(male) and 她(female), no?
And also 它 for animal/object
Or at least that’s what i learn when i’m in school, not sure if anything change.
You are correct. 他 for he, and 她 for she. However since they all sound the same, they’re only distinguished in writing.
It’s not that they sound the same; they are the same and are just written differently. It was all 他 until in the 20th (I think) century they created 她 and 它 and made 他 for males only to make the language more European.
holy shit I think you’re right! I feel like I’ve seen your claim somewhere else
If you write 他 to refer to a woman on a test essay, you’d still get marked correct.
Writing 她 to refer to a man would be incorrect.
Basically
他 = He OR She
她 = She
它 = It (refer to objects and non-human animals)
他 is what gets used all the time to refer to both genders. 她 is rarely used, unless maybe in an English class to teach the difference between the English pronouns He and She.
Also, they are all pronounced the same: (tā)