How do you pronounce Hir?

[Nicky]

Anyone know how to pronounce Hir?

I imagine it is like her but with more of a roll on the r. So it is more like h'err.

How about Sie?

I never realised there was such a range of possible gender neutral terms available:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender-neutral_pronoun

I personaly like the singular use of they, them, their, themself, theirs, themselves

[Kaitlyn]

I thought "hir" was homophonic with "hear".

[Sarah Dreams]

Ich spreche Deutsches.

Hir is pronounced "hear", sort of, close enough.

Sie is pronounce "see"

The German dipthong "ie" is pronounced "ee"
The German dipthong "ei" are pronounced "eye"

Tschüss!

[Nicky]

Thank you!

[Arch]

I have heard "sie" pronounced with a "z" sound more often than with an "s" sound.

[Sarah Dreams]

I have heard "sie" pronounced with a "z" sound more often than with an "s" sound.

It depends on where you come from in Germany. The harder s is more often heard in Southern Germany, I understand. As are rolled r's.

Posted on: October 07, 2008, 10:37:44 pmI should ammend my original reply in this thread.

Hir would be pronounced "hear" if, indeed, it was a German word. Das Wort ist "hier". As in "Ich bin hier" (I am here).

If you mean the English word "her", it would be mispronounced by a native German speaker as "hair".

Verstehen Sie?

[glendagladwitch]

I did not think "Hir" had any significance accept in writing.  Why not "Hes," rhymes with "Pez?"

[Arch]

I have heard "sie" pronounced with a "z" sound more often than with an "s" sound.

It depends on where you come from in Germany. The harder s is more often heard in Southern Germany, I understand. As are rolled r's.

Sorry, I meant the English word "sie." I've also seen it spelled "zie" and "ze." I usually hear it pronounced with the "z" sound, but now that I think about it, the people who did so could have been using any one of the three words...confusing.

If we want to have a gender-neutral pronoun, why can't we just go with "thorkplat" and be done with it?!

[Nero]

Is it actually pronounced? I don't think I've ever heard gender neutral pronouns actually used IRL.

[Pica Pica]

i thought i was see. here

[Nicky]

Is it actually pronounced? I don't think I've ever heard gender neutral pronouns actually used IRL.

They should be.

[Kinkly]

he she sie zie all finish the some sound
him her hir, hir sounds like "hear" (take the i from him and the r from her)