As Someone Learning German, I Know This Pain - eviltoast
  • calcopiritus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    If you misgender something you either:

    1. Are a native speaker that messed up (but know the correct gender), so either you correct yourself or just continue, since everyone will understand that you messed up and will understand you perfectly.

    2. Are learning the language: if the other person is close to you, you’ll be correct to help you learn the language. Else, the other person will notice that you’re not a native speaker and will switch the gender in their head to not discourage you. Unless the other person is an asshole.

    There are very few situations where the hearer can’t just correct the gender in their head, so it’s not very serious. I’m talking about Spanish though, idk if in other languages is different.