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What’s your word for it?

• harimau777 2y ago
  In Chinese it would be 你们. Pronounced "ni men". The first character means "you" while the second character means "the previous noun is plural".
• Ajedi32 2y ago
  In Spanish it would be "Ustedes".
  • 1-more 2y ago
    Spanish is a fun example of the euphemistic treadmill applying to pronouns. Usted comes from "vuestra merced" meanining "your (plural) mercy" but refers to a singular person. We can take that to mean that the second person plural "vosotros" already was a plural-meaning-formal-for-singular thing and then that wasn't enough and we got another word based on it. Fascinating!
• skrebbel 2y ago
  jullie