I updated it how about this ? <| sep |> So is the prohibition notice because people died or because there was something wrong that caused people to die ? <| sep |> He is right in the sense that in Latin derived languages every noun has a gender . Some nouns are male others female and we have a the in a male and female sense to go with them . Lavate las manos can be grammatically translated maintaining the Spanish grammar construction into Washyourself the hands . But the in the in the female form beacause manos is a female noun , if it was a male noun the word used would be los . Lavate means wash yourself . The Phd moron confused and thought las was about the person so he stated it should be his or her , but it ' s not true at all . His or her are about possession and who possesses it . They are in the lavate word that ironically has no gender associated with it , just like your doesn ' t . Las manos means the hands , in English there ' s no gender in Spanish it ' s female . Los pies means the feet , again in English there ' s no gender in Spanish it ' s male . Because of this reason we get some surprises ruined in movies like when they are hiding a secondary character ' s gender making the main character think it ' s male and then surprising him when he meets her . Rarely works in Spanish , because in the dialogs before the chances of the translator putting the gender somewhere with a female noun or adjective are pretty high . riamverysmart I guess ?