This is why I adore you! I learn something new each and every time I listen to you! I really should have taken Linguistics 101 - this was fascinating- thanks, as always ❤️
What about singular 2nd person? I'm learning Dutch and there are 2 different verbs for You the single person that I'm talking to vs. You a group of people. (There is also the formal (polite) you and the informal. But we make that distinctions with honorifics, "Sir" "Ma'm" etc.) But we English speakers also make a distinction between singular you and plural you--don't we? It's very subtle. Down South people say, "You all" when I think they are addressing a group.
This is why I adore you! I learn something new each and every time I listen to you! I really should have taken Linguistics 101 - this was fascinating- thanks, as always ❤️
What about singular 2nd person? I'm learning Dutch and there are 2 different verbs for You the single person that I'm talking to vs. You a group of people. (There is also the formal (polite) you and the informal. But we make that distinctions with honorifics, "Sir" "Ma'm" etc.) But we English speakers also make a distinction between singular you and plural you--don't we? It's very subtle. Down South people say, "You all" when I think they are addressing a group.