What makes this "He"
With "No solo estudia, que tambien escucha musica."(He isn't only studying, but also listening to music") -- I do not see what makes this masculine from any words in the Spanish sentence? Is it just assumed it is masculine? How would you make this sentence into feminine? If sentence does not appear to be masculine or feminine is it just assumed to be masculine?
Thank you so much.
4 Answers
Whether the subject of the verb is assumed to be he or she has nothing to do with gender (masculine/feminine) of the sentence. Applying incorrect grammar terminology only confuses the point that you are trying to make. A sentence is neither masculine nor feminine.
To answer your question, however, if you wish to state the sex of the subject just include the correct pronoun. Ella for a female subject, él for a male subject.
The sentence is not assumed to be masculine (the subject is not assumed to be male automatically). What is assumed is that the sex of the subject has been previously mentioned, otherwise, the correct pronoun would have been included to avoid ambiguity.
As dogwood stated, the He had to come from previous context.
If you can't tell if it is masculine or feminine then you presume it is masculine.
This sentence has no indication to tell you.
Should;t it be "no solamente"?
Gecko, I saw that sample sentence on the dictionary this morning when I was looking up the word of the day. The only answer I can provide is that the verbs are both third person (estudia, escucha). I suppose it could be "he" or "she", since an "it" would not likely study and listen to music (although I wonder about my dog sometimes).
My answer is "context".
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