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Höflichkeit - how to "grease the wheels" of human discourse

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Can I switch to the du-form myself when I am addressed as "du"?

I am an undergraduate and will be staying with a host family in Mannheim for to learn German. I have never met the host family before and I see them as senior to me, so I used the Sie-form when I firs …
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