Re: CHAT: Politeness in conlangs

fortytwo@ufl.edu writes:
>"They"?  Very unusual to have a third person pronoun be used for second
>person.
It is odd =). Usually, if you are talking about others to a group, you
introduce who the others are. If not, it is understood as meaning "you
all".  I forgot to add  that it is an older way of saying it. Now most
people use laao (la-a-o) - you all (which came into use just about 80
years ago, because it did get confusing to use "they" for you all =) ).
Also, if someone is requesting something be done, they use the request
affix of pan-. As in: Please get my cup. - Pankuha umi ng koa jasa (please
get - you - subj. marker - mine/my - cup).




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