Topic:	2nd person singular / plural
Panini Posts: 65 Posted: 8.Jun 2007 - 10:42	In what circumstances were the 2nd person singular and the 2nd person plural used in historical Cornish? Is it true that God is always addressed with 2nd person singular in the historical texts? How do Cornish speakers use these two forms today?
FlammNew Posts: 1814 Posted: 8.Jun 2007 - 11:19	I use 2s when referring to one person and 2p when referring to more than one person. 2p was used when talking to someone respectfully, but it's rare in modern usage. I can't say about references to God or other mythical beings, others here may know the answer. dukkha-samudaya-nirodha-magga
Fulub-le-Breton Posts: 4150 Posted: 8.Jun 2007 - 12:01	In Breton there is a question of the informal 'you'(te) and the polite formal 'you'(c'hwi), a little like in french but the rules of use are different. The Cornish Democrat The Breton Connection
Bardh Posts: 896 Posted: 8.Jun 2007 - 21:25	My clear impression is that, as in many languages, the familiar form is becoming normal in the singular. I can only think of two or three people who persist in addressing one person as several.
goky Posts: 1397 Posted: 8.Jun 2007 - 22:38	Quotecan't say about references to God or other mythical beings, others here may know the answer So how do we address Ninja?? Blog GokyYma Goky ow pesya an Gas.
morvyl Posts: 388 Posted: 9.Jun 2007 - 00:16	PaniniIn what circumstances were the 2nd person singular and the 2nd person plural used in historical Cornish? Is it true that God is always addressed with 2nd person singular in the historical texts? How do Cornish speakers use these two forms today? Today, Cornish speakers mostly use the 2sg. form for addressing one person and the 2pl. for addressing more than one person. Speakers of Revived Late Cornish (RLC) have a greater tendency to use 2pl. for one person. This reflects the tendency in the later period of the language for the 2pl. to spread. It appears to have been used between marriage partners. Maybe it spread analogously (if later) to the spread of English 'you' vs. 'thou'. God was always addressed with the 2sg. Subordinates were also occasionally addressed with 2sg. but then again we can see switches to the 2pl. within the same sentence in the story 'Jowan Chy an Hordh', so there appears to have been some confusion.
Laghyades Posts: 215 Posted: 9.Jun 2007 - 02:51	One time, many moons ago, I was learning Russian. In Russian, the 2nd person singular is 'ti' and the plural is 'vi'. (Close enough without using Cyrillics). Anyway, 'ti' is the the 'familiar' and 'vi' is the formal. The older Russian folks are very, very picky about you using the correct one. I remember one time, a male student using the familiar pronoun 'ti' instead of the formal 'vi' to an elderly Russian gentleman. His response was "'Ti'?! Why do you say to me 'ti' ?! Did we at some time piss together in the same place?!" R-E-V-R-O-N-S, *Find out what it means to us.*
morvran Posts: 1165 Posted: 9.Jun 2007 - 02:59	goky Quotecan't say about references to God or other mythical beings, others here may know the answer God himself being a trinity is very confused in the plays as to whether he's a ni or a my, so what hope is there for the rest of us? QuoteSo how do we address Ninja?? Nynz a^ an Ninja neb-pell -- a'm govis Ow mage vil gewsel Y'n kur foll gwann-wikkor fell Y fyls an Yeth ha fyllel
Bardh Posts: 896 Posted: 9.Jun 2007 - 08:53	With the post code.