Timeline for How can a native English speaker know when it is appropriate to use the polite (Sie) or the familiar (Du)?
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Jan 16, 2014 at 19:29 | comment | added | fifaltra | I once did that with one person every day for half a year, so you can stretch this really far, but it sometimes requires quick thinking when you have to build a completely different sentence, so I don't know how helpful this is for non-native speakers. And you have to be able to check your laughter, because at some point, you will feel completely ridiculous. | |
Jun 23, 2011 at 10:22 | history | answered | back2dos | CC BY-SA 3.0 |