paul Posted October 2, 2008 Posted October 2, 2008 (edited) I just read a post by tom (Boss Man), regarding his wife's use of "He" and "She". Here is his quoted text: The one thing that gets mixed up the most is the His-Her word for my wifeThe reason Filipinos do this is, there is no masculine and feminine in their language. That is, if I am talking about a person (male or female), or even an object, I would use the word "Siya". An example is, "Buang siya." Or, it could be stated, "Buang s'ya." He/She/It is crazy. But, someone walking up to me, while I am stating this to another person, would not know who, or what, I was talking about, until I mentioned the person by name, or pointed at them. So, Filipinos simply use the closest word that comes to mind at the time, when they make statements. Thus, the confusion between "He" and "She" is there.HTH Edited October 2, 2008 by Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom_shor Posted November 6, 2008 Posted November 6, 2008 Yes. I see this a lot too. I usually just let it go on by unless it confuses the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
til Posted November 7, 2008 Posted November 7, 2008 Yes they all do that I think. In the beginning it always got me confused, then after i while I hardly noticed it anymore. My gf is trying hard to get it right and she's doing quite good now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twostrokes Posted November 8, 2008 Posted November 8, 2008 I've been listening to it so long (44yrs) that I now make the same mistake as much as my wife...I guess you could say we are blending in together..hehejim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mik Posted November 11, 2008 Posted November 11, 2008 When I read the topic was titled "He/She/It" I thought it was going to be about how to address a bayot. :SugarwareZ-037: (Apologies to any bayot reading this.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollygoodfellow Posted November 11, 2008 Posted November 11, 2008 When I read the topic was titled "He/She/It" I thought it was going to be about how to address a bayot. :1 (235): (Apologies to any bayot reading this.) :SugarwareZ-037: So how do you address or is that dress a bayot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
On-in-2 Posted November 11, 2008 Posted November 11, 2008 I just read a post by tom (Boss Man), regarding his wife's use of "He" and "She". Here is his quoted text: The one thing that gets mixed up the most is the His-Her word for my wifeThe reason Filipinos do this is, there is no masculine and feminine in their language. That is, if I am talking about a person (male or female), or even an object, I would use the word "Siya". An example is, "Buang siya." Or, it could be stated, "Buang s'ya." He/She/It is crazy. But, someone walking up to me, while I am stating this to another person, would not know who, or what, I was talking about, until I mentioned the person by name, or pointed at them. So, Filipinos simply use the closest word that comes to mind at the time, when they make statements. Thus, the confusion between "He" and "She" is there.HTHAnother one that I notice often getting confused is the meanings of "To" and "From". My girlfriend is always saying things like... "I borrow to Geraldine 500p" when she really means that she borrowed _from_ 500p.Anybody else notice this?Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jollygoodfellow Posted November 12, 2008 Posted November 12, 2008 I just read a post by tom (Boss Man), regarding his wife's use of "He" and "She". Here is his quoted text: The one thing that gets mixed up the most is the His-Her word for my wifeThe reason Filipinos do this is, there is no masculine and feminine in their language. That is, if I am talking about a person (male or female), or even an object, I would use the word "Siya". An example is, "Buang siya." Or, it could be stated, "Buang s'ya." He/She/It is crazy. But, someone walking up to me, while I am stating this to another person, would not know who, or what, I was talking about, until I mentioned the person by name, or pointed at them. So, Filipinos simply use the closest word that comes to mind at the time, when they make statements. Thus, the confusion between "He" and "She" is there.HTHAnother one that I notice often getting confused is the meanings of "To" and "From". My girlfriend is always saying things like... "I borrow to Geraldine 500p" when she really means that she borrowed _from_ 500p.Anybody else notice this?PeteYep, thats another one I forgot :36_1_50[1]: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AngelofBroden Posted November 13, 2008 Posted November 13, 2008 GuiltyEven now I still interchange he and she sometimes :36_1_50[1]: but only when I speak though. Surprisingly, I didn't have to edit my writing for that mistake, hahah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forum Support Old55 Posted November 14, 2008 Forum Support Posted November 14, 2008 Yea, I was disapointed too. ;^) When I read the topic was titled "He/She/It" I thought it was going to be about how to address a bayot. :36_1_50[1]: (Apologies to any bayot reading this.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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