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List:       kde-i18n-doc
Subject:    Re: Gender question
From:       Lukas Tinkl <lukas () kde ! org>
Date:       2001-07-13 10:27:11
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Dne pá 13. červenec 2001 11:55 Ramon Casha napsal(a):
> Do any languages have gender-specific translations. For example in KMail,
> there is the message "On %D, %F wrote:". In the Maltese language this
> should translate as "Nhar %D, %F kiteb:" (male), "Nhar %D, %F kitbet:"
> (female) or "Nhar %D, %F kitbu:" (plural).
>
> How have other languages tackled this issue?

See the first line of this mail :-)
The last letter in the parentheses signifies the feminine gender.

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