Having quite a time figuring out genders of characters in written prose due to non-specific pronouns in Japanese. Just read 「似たひと」, a short story on Japanese.io . First passage: " お茶をいれている私のそばである友達が栗の皮をむきながら、「あなた、染物屋の横にあるお風呂へよく行くの」ときいた。" Couldn’t figure out if “friend” is male or female. The autho…

Does the gender actually matter, or are you just frustrated because you’re used to your native language grammatically requiring explicit gendering?

[image] magsl: Any tips, or should I strap myself in for a lifetime of guessing? My personal opinion is that you should just guess based on context. It may become clearer later in the story, or it might not. In this particular case, it’s not clear because no gendered language has been used ye…

[image] Rowena: Does the gender actually matter, or are you just frustrated because you’re used to your native language grammatically requiring explicit gendering? I wouldn’t call it frustration, really. When I read anything, the narration plays out in my head, and the characters will have fa…

[image] magsl: But our names are very gender-specific so it’s easier to tell right off the bat, and so far Japanese names are not If you know the full name of a character, you can usually guess the gender. Yes, it’s true that there are names used by both men and women, and in fiction names ca…

I don’t want to create a new thread just to ask one simple question so I hope you don’t mind OP for me to piggy back on your thread Lol I’m on level 2 right now but my avatar here still shows 1. Why is that? It’s not a huge deal but I would like to see my actual number because it makes me feel good…

This happens sometimes. The usual answer is to log out of the forum and then back in again. However, there is an ongoing glitch: [image] Forum badges on user card and profile not appearing correctly Bugs & Errors @Mods Earlier this week some of us noticed the forum badge…

I see…will have to wait then. Thanks for the reply.

I logged out and back in and it got fixed Lol :grinning: 大した！

Your avatar says 2 now! [Screenshot 2021-04-15 at 17.32.37]

I guess my advice would be to just assign a gender to the characters if you need it for make believe purposes. And if you’re proved wrong that’s okay! I can’t see very many situations where gender would be important and not made obvious.

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Leebo April 15, 2021, 9:12pm 13

There’s a thread specifically for this kind of thing

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