At 12:49 PM 5/12/98 -0400, you wrote:
Actually, this is exactly what I was referring to. *First* person pronouns
are sex-implicative (onna-Ranma uses 'boku'; 'watashi' can be used by
either) in Nihongo, but not in English; *third* person pronouns are
sex-indicative in English, but don't exist in Nihongo.
Incorrect. There are two.
"Kare" is a third-person pronoun for "he" or "him." "Kanojo" is the
third-person pronoun for "she" or "her." They're not incredibly common,
and typically only used in rather formal speech. (Hence why you NEVER
hear them in Ranma.)
-Deuce