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Originally Posted by HarryT
That's interesting. I know that children use "tu" when talking to each other, but wouldn't it be considered rather rude for a child to use "tu" rather than "vous" when talking to an adult, or have times changed now so that's no longer the case?
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I was thinking the same, I believe only very small children would use "tu" instead of "vous"... but I understand the distinction is probably harder to teach to English-speaking children, and it can be better to start by teaching only "tu", and then progressing on "vous" when they are a little bit older (and they have at least heard about the "thou" and "thine"
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