> Wait until you find about about languages like Hindi where the plural form can be used for respect even when referring to an individual :)
I speak German, which uses uses the plural sie/polite Sie.
It's completely different to "we" being used by an individual to refer to themselves in English.
The fact that a language construct might exist in other languages is irrelevant. Calling a girl "it" in English would similarly be bizarre, although that is the grammar in German.
I speak German, which uses uses the plural sie/polite Sie.
It's completely different to "we" being used by an individual to refer to themselves in English.
The fact that a language construct might exist in other languages is irrelevant. Calling a girl "it" in English would similarly be bizarre, although that is the grammar in German.