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We Vietnamese don't even have anything equivalent to "you". We use "friend/friends" (we don't distinguish between plural and singular) for a generic "you". Oth
by saltysugar 13y ago
We Vietnamese don't even have anything equivalent to "you".
We use "friend/friends" (we don't distinguish between plural and singular) for a generic "you". Otherwise, in social situation, we have to figure out the relative social order to address the other person, i.e. calling them by titles/roles such as aunt/uncle/mom/dad etc.
It's a big headache cause it can be very awkward to use one pronoun (for example, calling a woman was "younger sis") and she turns out to be older - it can be impolite, but then some women will be offended if you call them as "older sister" right away, because, ugh, you consider them older. God, it's a convoluted mess of pronouns :(