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by wst_ 1030 days ago
Sorry, I should probably have stated that since the beginning. I am native I just was surprised about 5 cases. I've never heard about the 2 latter one you've mentioned. I've been told in school that male is just male, doesn't matter it it's person or object. But I am engineer, not a linguist so it may be as you say. Either way, interesting. Thanks for sharing.
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> I've been told in school that male is just male, doesn't matter it it's person or object

    (CI mężczyźni) vs (TE psy, TE stoły) = (male people vs everything else)

    widzę (TEGO mężczyznę, TEGO psa) vs (TEN stół) = (male animate vs male things)