yup, struggle session time

edit: no one is right, everyone is wrong :^)

edit 2: this post is actually dedicated to Amy Goodman, please stop trying to sound cool grandma

  • eduardog3000 [he/him]
    1·
    4 years ago

    Spanish nouns are gendered, latino* is male, latina is female. In an attempt to be gender neutral and inclusive of enbys people started saying "latinx" instead. Those people did so with complete disregard to the Spanish language.

    A more reasonable invented term would be "latine" (edit: or just "latin"), still pronounceable in Spanish, no gendered -o or -a.

    * Technically latino is the sort of default, where if you don't know the gender or you are talking about a mixed group you'll use latino or latinos. But the argument I guess is that using -o as the default is too male-centric.

      • eduardog3000 [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        That works too, but nouns ending in consonants is an exception in Spanish (though a pretty common one). And actually -es is used for the plural of those nouns regardless of gender, and therefore "latines" would be the proper plural of "latin".

        As far as singular -e goes it's a mixed bag, but I think most -e words are feminine yeah.

          • eduardog3000 [he/him]
            ·
            4 years ago

            For nouns that end with a gendered -o or -a, yes. But for nouns that end with a consonant you add -es* no matter the gender or mix of genders.

            * Or in the case of words that end with z, change the z to -ces.

              • gay [any]
                ·
                4 years ago

                Generally yes, Because in Spanish most feminine words end in A:

                Chica -> chicas

                Actriz -> actrices

                Madre -> madres

                Masculine words:

                Fondo -> fondos

                Actor -> actores

                Padre -> padres (means both fathers and parents)

                If it ends with a vowel, you add an S. If it ends with a consonant, ES like he just said. Z in plural changes to a C because ortography.

    • Awoo [she/her]
      ·
      4 years ago

      I seeeeeee, now I get it.

      I was in fact offensive in the first comment then too lmao.