@FireaLoup In general, Germans only use "er" and "sie" for people. Children are an exception to the rule. They have the neutral gender: "das Kind". Those who use alternative pronouns are mostly people in queer circles, probably.

@feli oh, so you'd use "es" for a child?
and yeah I was talking about queer grammar/pronouns anyway :) like what nonbinary use to talk about themselves. but you answered this already :)

@FireaLoup You'd use "es" in combination to the word 'das Kind':

"Das Kind hat gesagt, dass es Durst hat." (The child said that they are thirsty.)

Otherwise you'd use "er" or "sie":

"Der Kleine wünscht sich, dass er Gitarrenunterricht erhalten wird." (The little one wishes that he'll be given guitar lessons.)

@feli okay! thank you for your explanations :) *so happy to learn German stuff*
Danke schön!

@FireaLoup You're welcome. 😊

I am in an early stage of learning French myself. 🎊

If you want we can sometimes converse with each other and train like that. :) There's a concept called 'Sprachtandem' in German. Je ne sais pas comment tu dis 'Sprachtandem' en français ou anglais.

@FireaLoup Well, the word isn't important really. The idea is that:

— My native language is German. You want to learn/practice German.
— Your native language is French (I guess?). I want to learn/practice French.

By conversing sometimes in French and sometimes in German, the both of us would profit from it.

But it's just an idea. 😊

@feli ah ! je comprends Sprache et je comprends tandem :)

I like this idea! even if my German really sucks right now, I guess it would help. And yes, French is my native language. So I'd be glad to practice with you :)

(oh no, your sentence was perfectly correct!)

Guten Morgen :) Hattest du eine gute Nacht?
(I'm trying haha but I guess it's not correct)
(or maybe:) Hattest du schläft gut dieses Nacht?
(please forgive my pathetic attempts to make a correct sentence haha)

@FireaLoup (How embarrassing…! I can't even say a single sentence correctly. 😳)