Re: CHAT: "Mister" (WAS: Re: New Lang: Igassik)

Christophe Grandsire wrote:

> At school, it depends on the grade: in kindergarten, elementary school
> and junior high school, teachers call pupils by first name (and say
> "tu") while we call them "monsieur, madame or mademoiselle" + lastname
> (and say "vous"). In high school, teachers still call pupils by first
> name, but there use "vous" instead of "tu". Finally, after high school
> (that's to say university or equivalent), both teachers and students
> generally use "M., Mme. or Mlle." + lastname, and the corresponding
> "vous". Of course, among teachers themselves, as well as among students
> themselves, "tu" and firstnames are the norm, as long as people feel
> near to one another (same class, same faculty, etc...). It's not done
> between adults that one says "vous" while the other answers "tu".
In Gz, a familiar pronoun/article is equivalent to saying, "whose
human qualities I sincerely appreciate", or, "with whom I have a sincere
bond of friendship". The age of a person doesn't enter the matter, at
least not directly.

Of course, if a person wants a child to see them as a friend (and
naturally most people would) then they will address them in the familiar.
But in Gz, if someone addresses you in the familiar then it
_automatically_ authorises you to do the same without embarrassment. This
rule is totally independent of age.

For second person feminine, the familiar is /te:Rn/ (instead of /ten/).
For second person masculine, the familiar is /taln/ (instead of /tan/).

Teqniu miraynll ykk.  /'te:Rno m@'r&inl Ix/  You are beautiful.

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