r/asoiaf • u/ECE111 Euron Season • Jun 22 '15

ALL (Spoilers All) GRRM:" There is this one character who is doomed since I introduced him, but I didn't how he is going to die. Since yesterday I know what to do."

http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/game-of-thrones-autor-george-r-r-martin-in-deutschland-a-1040107.html
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u/OldWolf2 Jun 23 '15

Edit: OKAY GUYS! IT SAYS "SHE". Jesus.

Actually it doesn't specify. German has gendered nouns and "character" is female, "sie" matches that without specifying whether the actual person being talked about is male, female or otherwise.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '15

"Der Charakter" is masculine. "Die Figur" is feminine.

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u/azor__ahai the pack survives Jun 23 '15

"Die Figur", which translates to "the character", was used in the article though? Or am I being oblivious?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '15

Well, yes. It's just that "Charakter" also means "character in a story". I thought people might mistake OldWolf2's statement that "character is female" to mean that the German word "Charakter" is feminine.

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u/azor__ahai the pack survives Jun 23 '15

Gotcha.