{"id":1086,"date":"2022-05-29T14:26:12","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T12:26:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/neu.angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2022-05-29T14:26:12","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T12:26:12","slug":"he-she-it-seguro-que-sabes-como-se-utilizan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/2022\/05\/29\/im-sure-you-know-how-to-use-them\/","title":{"rendered":"He, She, It \u2014 Are you sure you know how to use them?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/He-She-It-Sabes-cuando-se-utiliza-cada-cual.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1087\" width=\"506\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/He-She-It-Sabes-cuando-se-utiliza-cada-cual.png 756w, https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/He-She-It-Sabes-cuando-se-utiliza-cada-cual-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/He-She-It-Sabes-cuando-se-utiliza-cada-cual-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Since I didn&#039;t want to get too involved in the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/personal-pronouns-in-english\/\" target=\"_blank\">entry regarding Personal Pronouns<\/a> pure and simple, I left some things out\u2026 Like, for example, the uses of <strong><em>I have<\/em><\/strong>, <strong><em>She <\/em><\/strong>and <em><strong>Item <\/strong><\/em>in English.<br>Yes, many of you will already be saying &quot;but it is very easy and very clear: <em><strong>I have <\/strong><\/em>for them, <strong><em>she <\/em><\/strong>for them, and <strong>Item <\/strong>for things and animals\u00bb.<br>Well no. In this video I tell you why in English we often refer to means of transportation (boats, planes, etc.) as <strong><em>she<\/em><\/strong>. Or why Stephen King called his famous work <strong><em>Item<\/em><\/strong>, and not <strong><em>I have<\/em><\/strong>, despite the fact that Pennywise, that clown capable of giving nightmares to anyone (yours truly here, for sure), clearly has a masculine appearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Take a look at the video and tell me what you think, if there is anything that surprised you, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"???? He, She, It - Are you sure you know how to use them? ????\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QdQDHdTeFgI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><figcaption>It gives panic, the clown of the\u2026. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To expand<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is an article that explains this whole topic quite well. Although it is in English, remember that it is great for practicing the language, and that you can always resort to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/imtranslator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ImTranslator<\/a><\/strong> to translate words you don&#039;t know with a single click. Or complete sentences. Or the entire page, if you want, as I mention in the video:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.antidote.info\/en\/blog\/reports\/metaphorical-gender-english-feminine-boats-masculine-tools-and-neuter-animals\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.29-Boats-and-Gender.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1088\" width=\"753\" height=\"655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.29-Boats-and-Gender.png 820w, https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.29-Boats-and-Gender-300x261.png 300w, https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/2022.05.29-Boats-and-Gender-768x668.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 753px) 100vw, 753px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.antidote.info\/en\/blog\/reports\/metaphorical-gender-english-feminine-boats-masculine-tools-and-neuter-animals\" target=\"_blank\">Metaphorical Gender in English: Feminine Boats, Masculine Tools and Neuter Animals<\/a><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This other article discusses several theories about why we refer to ships as she in English. Very interesting, and short.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.boatsafe.com\/boats-referred\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why are Boats Referred to as \u201cShe\u201d?<\/a><\/strong>  ????<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope it has taken advantage of you.<br>Good afternoon!<br>????<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surely you think that you are more than clear that the HE is for the masculine, the SHE for feminine, and the IT for things and animals... Well no. I&#039;m sorry to spoil the party, but there&#039;s more chicha there. And it&#039;s fascinating.<br \/>\nCome and Read.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1087,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[85,86,92,93,141,31,108,142,143,16,110,111,144],"class_list":["post-1086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aprende-ingles","tag-b1","tag-b2","tag-cambridge","tag-certificaciones","tag-dracula","tag-english","tag-gramatica","tag-gramatica-inglesa","tag-it","tag-online","tag-pronombres","tag-pronouns","tag-stephen-king"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/angelacuevasalcaniz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}