Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same language (2017)

Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by the-smug-one on Monday December 13, 2021 @01:49PM (#29542890)

Can it be extended with a reference to the (self-)object? Like "me llamo" being "I call myself" in Spanish for "my name is".

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Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by jolmg on Monday December 13, 2021 @09:59PM (#29547683)

The difference between the "obrigado" in Portuguese example and the "me llamo" in Spanish example is that "obrigado" is probably an adjective while "llamo" is a verb. An equivalent Spanish example would be "estoy obligado" ("I am obligated" with male speaker) and "estoy obligada" ("I am obligated" with female speaker).

As an aside, I don't think Spanish has a word that's quite like "obliged". Maybe "endeudado", but that's just "in debt" and is not particularly about favors.

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Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by nachexnachex on Tuesday December 14, 2021 @09:34AM (#29551920)

We can say "muy agradecido" or agradecida in formal context. It's unusual, but works as an example

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Re:Cultures where men and women don’t speak the same languag... by the_af on Monday December 13, 2021 @02:53PM (#29543710)

In Spanish, "me llamo" carries no gender information.

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