Language: | Finnish |
Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
Value: | Binary politeness distinction |
sinä | 2nd sg. fam. | - since free personal pronouns are usually dropped in subject position, the 2sg personal suffix on the verb /-t/ indicates the person category of the subject |
te | 2nd pl. | - 2nd pl familiar, verbal suffix is -tte |
te | 2nd sg. hon. | - the 2nd pl pronoun can also be used to indicate politeness in addressing a single person; the verbal suffix for 2nd pl subject is -tte |