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What can I use instead of my pronouns in Russian? (discuss.online)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Hi, so I use any pronouns now but I tend to gravitate towards they/them as I'm nonbinary and faintly bigender. I saw a thread on Reddit asking people what pronouns would be used instead of they/them in Russian but it was full of people calling them weirdos and saying no one has to respect them. Because, you know, it's Reddit. Anyway, anyone familiar with Russian, what pronouns can I use?

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[–] 2 points 7 months ago (1 child)

I faintly remember women getting an "-ova" appended to their name. How does that work? I'm totally clueless about Russian language and just curious btw.

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  • [–] 3 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 child)

    Most Russian surnames end in ов for men and ова for women. Their Patronymic middle names also change depending on sex.

    So a man named Ivan whose father’s name was Nikolai and surname is Fedotov would be:

    Ivan Nikolaevich Fedotov (Иван Николаевич Федотов)

    While his sister, Irina, would be:

    Irina Nikolaevna Fedotova (Ирина Николаевна Федотова)

    If you wanted to talk about their family as a whole their surname would become plural with a y at the end.

    Fedotovy (Федотовы)

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