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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| S Dec 15, 2014 at 18:45 | history | suggested | MERose | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| May 25, 2011 at 6:04 | comment | added | balpha♦ | The "complicated avoidance maneuvers" under 2. are usually more awkward than the sitiuation itself. When someone asks me "Und, sind die Eltern aus dem Urlaub zurück?", this has such a strong connotation of "Uh-uh, duz ich jetzt oder siez ich?" that I tend to never use those. | |
| May 24, 2011 at 21:07 | history | answered | Phira | CC BY-SA 3.0 |