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Re^2: Moose in a module created with h2xs

by Laurent_R (Canon)
on Feb 23, 2019 at 10:41 UTC ( [id://1230458]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Moose in a module created with h2xs
in thread Moose in a module created with h2xs

French and German in particular have an interesting feature that you can use the plural form of you when talking to a single person to convey extra respect.
That's definitely true in French (using vous instead of tu to convey extra respect), but that's somewhat inaccurate in German, where the "respectful" form of du is, as far as I can tell, Sie, which is more like the German for "they" (and also for "she" *). But I'll leave it to German native-speaking monks to confirm and elaborate further if needed.

Update: * But the verb is conjugated at the 3rd person plural, so it appears it's really "they," not "she."

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Re^3: Moose in a module created with h2xs
by tobyink (Canon) on Feb 23, 2019 at 10:52 UTC

    No, you're right. It's a long time since I studied German. "Sie" means "they", but can be used as the polite form for singular or plural you.

      That stems from a time, when the normal "Ihr" (plural 'you') was considered somehow "reserved" for nobility, so for "normal" people, one resorted to "Er" ('he') / "Sie" ('she') as a polite form for singular 'you', with the corresponding plural "Sie" ('they') even more polite. Nowadays we are using plural "Sie" nearly exclusively.

      The French were able to stay with 'tu'/'vous' because they abolished their nobility instead ; -)

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