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icecream

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您们 or 你们
« on: November 10, 2012, 10:38:41 pm »
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i know 您 is a respectful way of saying 你，but when you're talking to more than one person, is it ok to say 您们？my teacher said that we should say 您们 but i heard that it not correct. i have googled it and there are many conflicting views on this. i dont know which to use. D:
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Re: 您们 or 你们
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2012, 10:41:19 pm »
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always use 你们.
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Re: 您们 or 你们
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2012, 12:52:11 am »
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Yes. I hardly seen ppl using 您们.
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Re: 您们 or 你们
« Reply #3 on: November 11, 2012, 08:43:15 pm »
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ohh ok thank you guys :D
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Re: 您们 or 你们
« Reply #4 on: November 13, 2012, 04:09:20 am »
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Quote from: icecream on November 11, 2012, 08:43:15 pm
ohh ok thank you guys :D

You're welcome  :)
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Re: 您们 or 你们
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2012, 06:54:59 pm »
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您们 for addressing to elderly (more respect)
你们 for addressing ppl at your age or younger than you.
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Re: 您们 or 你们
« Reply #6 on: November 19, 2012, 01:14:37 am »
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It really doesn't matter
like people from beijing always use 您 in their daily conversation
If you are writing to a general public audience
你们 is just fine!
However, depends on the situation! They would expect you to use it!!
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Re: 您们 or 你们
« Reply #7 on: March 04, 2013, 10:15:54 am »
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Never use 您们好, always use 您好，你好 or 你们好。Don't ask me why, but it is a grammatical mistake.
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