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From: Ben Sauvin <sauvin@csql.mv.com>
Subject: Re: Use of "tu" replacing "Usted" in Spanish?
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Date: Wed, 9 Oct 1996 00:33:27 GMT
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Polar wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 7 Oct 1996 01:44:30 GMT, Ben Sauvin <sauvin@csql.mv.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >Kjell Rehnstroem wrote:
> >>
> >> mcv@pi.net (Miguel Carrasquer Vidal) wrote:
> >>
> >> >I can only speak for the Old Country, where the trend is indeed to use
> >> >"tu" more and more often at the expense of Usted (Vd.).
> >>
> >> >I think Germany and France may be exceptions, but I gather that in the
> >> >Scandinavian languages the changeover is virtually complete (Royalty
> >> >now being addressed using du as well).
> >> Eradite:
> >> In Svedia le rege es adressate: Le rege (Kungen). Exemplo:
> >> Un question adressate a me como:
> >> Ha tu comprate le jornal?
> >> esserea adressate al rege como:
> >> Ha Le Rege comprate le jornal?
> >>
> >> In Svedia on usa _tu_ (du) a quasi omnes, ma si le differentia in
> >> etate (in age) o status es grande on usa le equivalente de _vos_ (ni).
> >>
> >> Io ha le impression que le situation es analoge in Danmark e Norvegia.
> >> In Finlandia on, in mi experientia, usa plus frequentemente le
> >> equivalentes de _vos_.
> >>
> >> In Svedia on nota in general un tendentia de retorno a _vos_ ma iste
> >> tendentia pote esser causate solmente del etate del observator, como
> >> Miguel Carrasquer Vidal si exactemente observa.
> >>
> >> Amicalmente
> >> Kjell
> >
> >  Quelle langue fut ca?
> 
> J'ai bien l'impression que c'etait l'Esperanto.
> 
> Polar

  Polar, on m'a dit que c'est connu comme "Interlingua".
