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As soon as you address somebody by his or her first name, then you would use du:

e.g. Hallo Peter, wie geht's dir?

On the other hand when you call a person by the surname, you would use Sie:

e.g. Frau Müller, können Sie mir helfen?

note: always use a capital lettre with Sie.

Edit: What I wrote above is the usual case, meant as a direct answer to the question, there are some exceptions to this rule however.

As soon as you address somebody by his or her first name, then you would use du:

e.g. Hallo Peter, wie geht's dir?

On the other hand when you call a person by the surname, you would use Sie:

e.g. Frau Müller, können Sie mir helfen?

note: always use a capital lettre with Sie.

As soon as you address somebody by his or her first name, then you would use du:

e.g. Hallo Peter, wie geht's dir?

On the other hand when you call a person by the surname, you would use Sie:

e.g. Frau Müller, können Sie mir helfen?

note: always use a capital lettre with Sie.

Edit: What I wrote above is the usual case, meant as a direct answer to the question, there are some exceptions to this rule however.

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WayneEra
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As soon as you address somebody by his or her first name, then you would use du:

e.g. Hallo Peter, wie geht's dir?

On the other hand when you call a person by the surname, you would use Sie:

e.g. Frau Müller, können Sie mir helfen?

note: always use a capital lettre with Sie.