非二元性別代詞 Gender Neutral Pronoun

現時通俗的中文人稱代詞為「他」或「她」,而部分非二元性別者會用「X也」、或日常廣東話較常用的「佢」為其人稱代詞。在現時英語的世界,某些非二元性別者會以 “they, them” 作為一個單數中性代詞去使用,而不是一般理解的眾數代詞用法,即是廣東話的「佢」而非「佢哋」。另外,亦有一些非二元性別者會使用新代詞如 “xe”, “ze”, “sie”, “co”, “ey” 等等。有些人也會沿用二元的 “he” “she”,在兩者之間隨心轉換,或再加上 “they” “them”使用;也有人會只用自己的名字,而完全不使用任何代詞去代表自己。

以下是一系列的二元及非二元性別 會用到的英語代詞:

Subject Object Possessive Adjective Possessive Pronoun Reflexive
Female She Her Her Hers Herself
Male He Him His His Himself
Gender Neutral Ze Hir Hir Hirs Hirself
Spivak E Em Eir Eirs Emself
How to pronounce gender neutral pronouns:
Ze/zee/ Hir/here/ Hirs/heres/ Hirself/hereself/ E/ee/ Emself Em/em/ Eir/air/ Eirs/airs/ Emself/emself/
Examples of how to use these pronouns:

She went to her bedroom.
He went to his bedroom.
Ze went to hir bedroom.
E went to eir bedroom

I am her sister.
I am his sister.
I am hir sister.
I am eir sister.

She shaves herself.
He shaves himself.
Ze shaves hirself.
E shaves emself.

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