Comment by LAC-Tech
12 hours ago
Another fun pronoun distinction I have seen is having two forms of "we" - one including the person you are talking to, and one excluding them.
(To clarify this was in Hokkien, not Anglo-Saxon).
12 hours ago
Another fun pronoun distinction I have seen is having two forms of "we" - one including the person you are talking to, and one excluding them.
(To clarify this was in Hokkien, not Anglo-Saxon).
One way to say this is "present company excluded" as when saying: culpability is general in the population, but not to accuse those you're speaking to.
Like "us but not you"? That's mean.
We already use this with "we", it's just not clear from the word if 'you' are included or not. Example: "We had eggs for breakfast".
Not when you’re delivering an insult to everyone present.
Yeah it iw called the exclusive form lol.
But if you think about it seems normal... "we went to the city" is not really mean.