How to use the french personnal pronoun " Vous "

banane82 · 01-20-2008, 04:52 PM

" Vous " can use to speak of many " you", when someone speaks to several persons, for example he'll say that they are three, he'll say " Vous êtes trois ".

You can use " Vous " as a polite way to speak to your manager, your teacher, or someone ( adults, for more of the times) you don't know before: sister's boyfriend, a seller....or anybody else.
Before the 50's I think, some parents used to say "Vous " to their children and to their family, and children did the same; but now, there's no many family that do this.
For example, your boss we'll say you he's about to sack he'll say " Vous êtes renvoyé ! " or " Vous êtes viré !", but the last one is quite rude.

01-20-2008, 04:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
banane82 Traductrice en herbe Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Midi-Pyrénées Posts: 136 banane82 is an unknown character at this point	How to use the french personnal pronoun " Vous " " Vous " can use to speak of many " you", when someone speaks to several persons, for example he'll say that they are three, he'll say " Vous êtes trois ". You can use " Vous " as a polite way to speak to your manager, your teacher, or someone ( adults, for more of the times) you don't know before: sister's boyfriend, a seller....or anybody else. Before the 50's I think, some parents used to say "Vous " to their children and to their family, and children did the same; but now, there's no many family that do this. For example, your boss we'll say you he's about to sack he'll say " Vous êtes renvoyé ! " or " Vous êtes viré !", but the last one is quite rude. __________________ C'est fou comme les rottweillers nains sont hargneux ces temps-ci. Ils lui ont piqués ses chaussures à talonnettes, c'est con.
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