Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 hours ago

If you speak a language that has a formal 'you', when do you use it?

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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 24 hours ago

And what language and region is it?

I’ve noticed my language teacher uses the informal you in one language and the formal one in the other.

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I speak Spanish, and use the formal pronoun when in any formal situation, eg. addressing a stranger.

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