[YG Conlang Archives] > [romanceconlang group] > messages [Date Index] [Thread Index] >
--- In romanceconlang@yahoogroups.com, Jan van Steenbergen
<ijzeren_jan@y...> wrote:
> Other languages that use a third person singular:
> Dutch ("u"), although it is more and more often followed by a verb
in the 2nd
> person singular;
> Polish ("pan/pani") (lit. Mr./Mrs., Lord/Lady).
So that works... I've been considering using |is doemu,
ja doema| with the third person as the polite form, but
I wondered whether it wouldn't create misunderstandings
when talking about some other sir/ma'am than the one
you're talking to.
|¿Dsidra is doemu an auder ufful caevare?|
['dzi:dr i dAjmz @n 'awd@r 'uff@l kE'va:r]
"Does the Sir wish another caviar tidbit?"
I might reserve that form to the master/butler kind of
relationship though, and use a simple 2nd person plural
for everyday formal address.
|Me escusa, ¿xise ue xeze is tractu ad Baesel?|
[m eS'ku:z Si:z y@ Se:z i traxts ab 'bajz@l]
"Excuse me, do you know where the train to Basle leaves?"
-- Christian Thalmann