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In Poland the informal is 'ty', for formal usage you adress the person in third person. (instead of "where have you been?" you say "where has sir been?"). I'll be using french for simplicity.
Male/Female: male
Age: 22
Nationality: Syrian/Polish
Occupation: student
With which form are you usually addressed?
· By parents tu
· By grandparents tu
· In secondary school tu
· By professors vous
· By students tu
· By people over 50 vous
· By unfamiliar children vous
· In a pub tu
Which do you normally use
· To your parents tu
· To your grandparents tu
· To sec. school teachers vous
· To university professore vous
· To students over 40 tu
· To younsters tu
B
Is it okay to be addressed Tu
· In advertisements yes
· On election posters yes
· By professors they usually use vous for students, though I've met quite a few using tu and its okay.
· By students yes
· In a newspaper yes
Is it okay to be addressed Vous
· By professors yes
· By younger people (younger than 18) yes
· By older students (40+) no. students use tu to each other no matter what age.
· By students your age no
· By acquaintance of your parents. varies, but it is ok I suppose.
· By former teacher. depends on whether he used tu or vous when he was your teacher before.
C
· Are there situations you’re not sure which to use? yes. use vous, until your sure you can use tu. Using vous instead of tu is no big offense. The other way round it could be insulting.
· Have you ever felt uncomfortable when addressed Tu/Vous? not really.
· Do you ever say Vous, being addressed Tu in return? yes. e.g to professors.
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