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Re: [romanceconlang] Re: Usted



En-d-rhesponse ar Christof Grandsire:

> Actually, Narbonósc is kind of in-between: in
> the singular politeness is 
> done like in Italian, i.e. using the 3sg
> feminine, but in the plural there 
> is no distinction and the 2pl is used both for
> formal and informal address. 

Curious!

> Probably through influence of Francien, the 2pl
> for polite 2sg does exist, 
> but is usually considered *too* polite. It's
> what you'd use with a king or 
> such, but France doesn't have a king anymore,
> so it's considered too much :)) .

Well, you can never be _too_ impolite to a mere
president! ;)))))

I take it that one couldn't address other
aristocratic types with the 2pl? 

Padraic.


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