diff --git a/locale/ja/config.suml b/locale/ja/config.suml index 6309ca705..0cae66571 100644 --- a/locale/ja/config.suml +++ b/locale/ja/config.suml @@ -145,6 +145,15 @@ english: - {pronoun: '彼女たち', formal: true, romanised: 'kanojotachi', ipa: 'kanodʑotatɕi', meaning: 'Those women'} - {pronoun: 'あの人ら', formal: false, romanised: 'anohitora', ipa: 'anoçitoɾa', meaning: 'Those people over there'} - {pronoun: 'この方たち', formal: true, romanised: 'konokatatachi', ipa: 'konokatatatɕi', meaning: 'These individuals'} + - + name:'A note on the feminine pronoun' + description: + - > + The feminine pronoun {/彼女=彼女} doesn't just have one meaning. While both {/彼女=彼女} and {/彼=彼} are used as + third-person pronouns, {/彼女=彼女} is often also used to refer to one's partner (usually of a feminine gender + identity). The usual masculine counterpart for this is 彼氏 \[kaɾeɕi/kareshi], where 氏 is used to + make the word respectful, or 尊敬語 \[sonkeigo]. This doesn't mean that {/彼=彼} can't be used to mean a + masculine-identifying partner, but it is used less commonly. faq: enabled: true