sentences:  Gendered pronouns such as he or she do not exist in the Ewe language; instead, the third person singular pronoun "e" refers to "he", "she" and "it".However, there are separate words for woman ("nyɔnu" ) and man ("ŋútsu"), as well as male or female members of a family.Family members are also distinguihed by whether they are maternal or paternal and also by relative age.