<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">In Spanish we use "su" and "sus" (for plurals) for both possessive pronouns "his -" and "her -".<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>However, we do have "él" for both "he" and "him", and "ella" for both "she" and "her", generally. But we avoid this gender problem in sentences in which you are using "him" or "her" as an indirect object (like in the sentence: "(yo) le compré un regalo", which works for both "I bought him a present" and "I bought her a present"). If it´s a direct object, you must specify gender (as in "yo la llamé", "I called her").</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>When you say something is "his", or "hers", we also have "suyo" and "suya", or you can also use "de él" or "de ella" here.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>Yes, I wish it became standardized in English to use Egan´s neutrals: "ve", "ver", etc. I also attempt to avoid the problem in sentence construction, but I use the feminine when I have to, and don´t give it any thought (if I remember to - I learnt English using only the masculine).</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"><DIV><DIV><DIV>--</DIV><DIV>Sergio M.L. Tarrero</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>El 22/05/2007, a las 12:47, Stathis Papaioannou escribió:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; border-spacing: 0px 0px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; text-align: auto; -khtml-text-decorations-in-effect: none; text-indent: 0px; -apple-text-size-adjust: auto; text-transform: none; orphans: 2; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; ">Does anyone know if there are any languages which do have such pronouns to refer to a person without specifying gender?<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></SPAN></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>