The French ”vous“ can be compared to the Chinese ”您“(nín), which is also second person formal pronoun derived from the fusion of the second person plural 你们(nǐ men). It's also to address people who are elderly, in higher position or unfamiliar. But the usage of 您 is also slightly different from "vous". For example, I use 您 to address my grandparents, but with my parents I never used 您 because they treated me as an equal, but I had friends who called her parents 您 all the time. In workplaces, the culture of the company matters a lot, and in writing, people tend to use 您 more often than in oral communication. Beijing is probably a place where people use 您 the most (sometimes people from other provinces feel weird hearing it all the time) Apart from showing respect, 您 can also be used to make caustic remarks in certain contexts. In summary, I can’t explain the absolute rules of using "您" either. 😂It depends! (on the context, on the environment of your company, on your upbringing, on the region you live in etc.) 🇫🇷 Si vous pouvez expliquer comment utiliser "tu" et "vous” dans une manière simple, allez-y ! Je vous invite à laisser vos commentaires :) #tuetvous #vouvoyer #tutoyer #learnfremch #frenchlanguage #lifeinfrance #learnchinese #linguistics #您 #sliceoflife #tinyeyescomics https://www.instagram.com/p/CDG2spICV5y/?igshid=esge33mxqzn1
