French formal mode rules explained
No equivalent in English, vous is often misunderstood, and especially poorly mastered: tu generalizes.
But where the limits of formal address is? can we address as vous his leader? it depends if you work at a company like Le Google!
Did you participate in the French May 1968 riots demanding government reform and free love? Were you at Woodstock? Really?
Are you speaking to a child? Is the child like a prince or something?
A graphic both funny and useful!
(source: LA Times)
Pronouns iel and iels
Appearance The pronouns iel and iels appeared in October 2021 in the Le Petit Robert dictionary. They correspond to the unmanaged version of the pronouns he (s) and she (s). These pronouns appear...
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