| Language: | Turkish |
| Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
| Value: | Binary politeness distinction |
siz | 2nd sg. hon. | - 2nd pl pronoun used for the polite address of a single personor several persons |
siz | 2nd pl. hon. | |
zat-ı aliniz | 2nd sg. hhon. | - a very polite expression is zat-ı aliniz 'your highperson' (Persian izafet) or zat-ı ali-leri 'their highperson' which replaces polite siz (2pl); - these forms are followed by verbs in the 2nd pl; - it is doubtful whether this complex construction can beconsidered as pronoun |