Re: Verbal Inflection for Formality

Quoting Eldin Raigmore <eldin_raigmore@...>:


> Furthermore, in European languages such as French, the equivalent of "vous"
> when addressed to just one person -- in other words, formal second person
> singular rather than second person plural -- requires plural agreement in
> the verb.  "Tu" gets singular agreement, but the formal "vous" gets plural
> agreement even if it is addressed to just one person.
In German, the formal _Sie_ takes *3rd* person plural agreement, differing from
the familiar _du_ (sg) and _ihr_ (pl). Eg: du bist, ihr seid, Sie sind.

                                              Andreas