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Моя секретарь женшина.
Как я понял слово секретарша имеет erotic connotation на русском и поэтому не используется.
Таким образом если даже моя секретарь женшина я говорю секретарь. Но что происсходит с притяжательным местоимением :
- Вы можете поговорить со своим или со своей секретарём
- Скажите моей или моему секретарю
…со своим секретарём.
…моему секретарю.
There are three(?) types of such nouns in Russian.
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Type: 1 2 3 Adjective / possessive pronoun agreement: by biological sex by grammatic gender by grammatic gender Verb agreement: by biological sex by biological sex or grammatic gender by grammatic gender Personal pronoun agreement: by biological sex by biological sex by biological sex
Example of type 1:
Male Female Adjective / possessive pronoun круглый сирота круглая сирота Verb там жил сирота. там жила сирота. Personal pronoun он сирота. она сирота.
Example of type 2:
Male Female Adjective / possessive pronoun наш врач наш врач Verb врач сделал укол. врач сделал(а) укол. Personal pronoun он врач. она врач.
Example of type 3:
Male Female Adjective / possessive pronoun хорошая собака хорошая собака Verb собака лежала. собака лежала. Personal pronoun он — хорошая собака. она — хорошая собака.
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Секретарь is type 2.
It is not the case.Quote:
Originally Posted by Antonio1986
Some professions historically have strong binding to gender. For example "laundress" ("прачка") has no male-form. On the other hand "doctor/medic" ("врач/медик") have no official (see below) "female-form".
And finally there are "legal" forms of profession names for both male- and female- forms. "Секретарь/секретарша" is one of them. By rules of word-creation you can say "врачиха" or "медичка". But first is vulgar and second is not used at all / illegal.
So, it became normal to use male-forms of profession names referring to women. By contrast: it is wrong to use female-forms referring to men. Russians will be confused how to say "laundress who is man".
There is really public stereotype that "female secretaries tend to have more than working relations with their bosses". Yes. There is offensive word "секретутка", which is combination of "секретарь" и "проститутка".
But there is no something wrong with term "секретарша" at all. You can use it freely. If some disbalance in using these forms exists - it is only because male-forms are more universal and some sort of "official" a little.
And we must return to question here. Answer is:
- Вы можете поговорить со своим секретарём
- Скажите моему секретарю