Re: Children's books

Anders Isaksson wrote:

In nowadays Swedish "du" (you) is the natural way to talk to other
people, using "ni" (Sie, You) is (and actually has always been) a bit
condescending, certainly not respectful. The old way of addressing
people with their work title is completely gone, thankfully.

Same in Denmark about du/de.

Doei RIF
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