Everyone is different. Some people who are non binary but lean/present as feminine might use feminine words, but others I’ve seen use the masculine because they think modifying the grammar is complicated.

I personally use the gender-neutral modified language, like using elle in Spanish.

  • Hildegarde@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 hours ago

    In French, the plural they is the masculine ils for mixed gender groups, and only the feminine elles for groups that are exclusively feminine. On is a singular gender neutral form of they often used in situations with unknown gender.

    I would use on for singular and ils for plural when talking about a non-binary person because that seems the most reasonable application of the language as I understand it.

    However as a non-native speaker I would defer to whatever native speakers do. Can’t say I know what the established best practice is.

    • Klara@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      8 hours ago

      Not a native speaker of French, but while “on” can be used as singular “they,” it is much more often used to say “one,” as in: “One could eat a meal.” I think “iel” is better because it is distinctly a third person singular personal pronoun. Sure, it is not as well established, but it is in at least one big respected dictionary.