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Poipu04
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 Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2010 4:37 pm Post subject: formal or informal |
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I would like to send a picture that I took with an elderly cousin on my trip to Calabria. When I write her a note, do I use the informal or formal forms of speech?
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Italysearcher
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 3:37 am Post subject: Re: formal or informal |
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Informal with relatives. She wouldn't be offended, just glad that you took the trouble to write in Italian.
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Poipu04
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 11:55 am Post subject: Re: formal or informal |
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Thanks, Ann! My Italian teacher wasn't very good. He said, I am not going to teach you "tu" forms because you won't know anyone in Italy. LOL.
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Italysearcher
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| Posted: Thu Sep 09, 2010 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: formal or informal |
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Actually, I simply ask if I may give (strangers) the 'tu' and they always say yes. They know how difficult it is and even they make mistakes.
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