Re: Most developed conlang

Hi!

Ben Haanstra writes:
> >Would you say that Japanese 'sensei' is patently wrong for 'you'?
> >What's the problem of using (idiomatic) nouns for pronouns?
>
> >**Henrik
>
> Actually sensei isn't used for you. Sensei is used for people who are
> teachers/doctors and such, it isn't the same as you, as you refers to the
> person, irrelevant whether it's the speaker/hearer or attribute/property of
> the person.
I thought it was one word for 'you' in a high politeness register, so
only for formal conversation, but then generically for people with
some authority.  Is it not?

**Henrik