Tu ou vous ? Did you know? What else?

Did you know?
Tu ou vous ?
French people say "tu" or "vous"depending on who they are talking to
and the circumstances.
When do you say which?
As a general rule, we say tu
to family members
to friends.
If the relationship between people changes, they can
suggest switching to using "tu":
- Claude, on se connait bien maintenant, est- ce qu'on
peut se tutoyer ?
- Bien sûr, Nadine. C'est avec plaisir !
We say vous to everyone else.
What else?
With your family:
Papa, tu me prêtes 20 euros, s'il te plaît ?
Bon ! Je te donne 20 euros. Voilà !
Merci, papa ! Tu es le plus gentil de tous les papas.
With your friends:
Salut ! Comment vas-tu ?
Très bien, et toi ?
We say vous to someone we don't know or someone we do but to whom
we want to show respect or a formal relationship.
Dominique, vous avez cinq minutes, s'il vous plait ?
Oui, Monsieur le Directeur, si vous voulez.
When Nadine meets people at the Hôtel de Ville in Paris or Sigmund
Freud library, she addresses them using vous.
In French, we use vous to address:
one person we address using "vous"
a group of people whom we individually address
using "tu"
or a group of people whom we individually
address using "vous".
Do you do the same in your country?