Language: | Swedish |
Feature: | Politeness Distinctions in Pronouns by Johannes Helmbrecht |
Value: | Binary politeness distinction |
du | 2nd sg. fam. | - used to address friends, relatives, children, and betweenmembers of the same professional group without previousacquaintance |
ni | 2nd pl. hon. | - 2nd person pl familiar/ polite pronoun |
ni | 2nd sg. hon. | - if ni is not considered polite enough, it should bereplaced by the title or profession of the person beingaddressed |
ni | 2nd pl. fam. |