Language: | Dutch |
Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
Value: | Binary politeness distinction |
jij | 2nd sg. fam. | - 2nd sg familiar form used to address friends, relatives, children, animals |
jullie | 2nd pl. hon. | - etymologically jullie is a combination of jelie(den) 'you people', jullie is occasionally used as the pluralof u |
u | 2nd sg. hon. | - 2nd sg polite form used to address strangers, elders etc. similar to German Sie; there is still a sizable number of person who use it to address their parents (it was common bevor WWII); grandparents, aunts and uncles, and God are addressed by u; etymologicallyu derives from Uwe Edelheid 'Your Nobility' (Head 1978:168)) |