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2024
T-V_distinction
T-V distinction
English
Examples
French
:
tu
(
informal
)
,
vous
(
formal
)
German
:
du
(
informal
)
,
Sie
(
formal
)
Portuguese
:
tu
(
informal
)
,
você
(
formal
)
Spanish
:
tú
(
informal
)
,
usted
(
formal
)
Noun
T-V
distinction
(
sociolinguistics
)
the
distinction
between a
formal
and an
informal
second-person
pronoun
in some languages
Etymology
From
Latin
t
ū
(
“
singular you
”
)
and
v
ōs
(
“
plural you
”
)
.
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