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Community Forums › All Things Italian › Translations › formal or informal
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formal or informal
For help with translating documents or writing letters.
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Poipu04 V.I.P.
Joined: Jul 11, 2007 Posts: 984 Location: Connecticut
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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 Researcher
Joined: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 219 Location: Sora, Italy
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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 V.I.P.
Joined: Jul 11, 2007 Posts: 984 Location: Connecticut
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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 Researcher
Joined: Jan 22, 2008 Posts: 219 Location: Sora, Italy
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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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