Re: [ejlist] DIE SCHERE 42 - Text - Translation - Language

[Wahe@aol.com]

Since we are translating, allow the deviation, an inquiry into English 
language: could someone native supply the rule which gender is proper for 
prenouns referring to nouns without obvious gender ?

Or complete the list:

the king    -  he
the mother   - she
the stone   - it
the cat   - it
the tiger
the Black Beauty
the boat
the HMS Victory
the thought
the child
the witness
the guest
the person

In German, every noun is of either male, female or neutral gender, like in 
Latin. In English the nouns are all of one gender grammatically, so the 
gender of the prenoun depends on the the gender of whatever the noun stands 
for, or am I mistaken ? 

Greetings


Walter