I didn't know, that this is a German speciality. Heh! *g*
“Do you know what time it is?” “Yes, I do.”
LOL!! I can assure you, that people would answer you by telling you the time - except they want to deride you ^^°.
If someone is crushing your hand in a vice-like [sic] grip and won’t let go even as stars dance before your eyes and you feel your life-blood ebb, this simply means that they like you.xDD
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You never use "Sie" for people that aren't at least 18 years old (with 18 you count as adult in Germany).
That's not quite true, in my school most our teachers used "Sie" when we were about 16 or 17, and I use it for everyone who seems to be 16 and above. I'd say 18 is the point where you have to use it, but it's quite appropriate earlier.
It feels strange to me saying "Sie" to someome younger than 18. And school ("Oberstufe" - upper school?) is an exception: teachers called us by the first name and used "Sie". [And I still find this strange ^^°]
Ok, I'm used to be called "Sie" since when I was about 12, so it doesn't feel so strange to me. *g* But for me it'd feel impolite very often to not use Sie when someone is about 16. *shrugs* Of course I don't use it for fellow students at the uni. ^_~
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I didn't know, that this is a German speciality. Heh! *g*
“Do you know what time it is?”
“Yes, I do.”
LOL!! I can assure you, that people would answer you by telling you the time - except they want to deride you ^^°.
If someone is crushing your hand in a vice-like [sic] grip and won’t let go even as stars dance before your eyes and you feel your life-blood ebb, this simply means that they like you.xDD ( ... )
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That's not quite true, in my school most our teachers used "Sie" when we were about 16 or 17, and I use it for everyone who seems to be 16 and above. I'd say 18 is the point where you have to use it, but it's quite appropriate earlier.
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And school ("Oberstufe" - upper school?) is an exception: teachers called us by the first name and used "Sie". [And I still find this strange ^^°]
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But for me it'd feel impolite very often to not use Sie when someone is about 16. *shrugs*
Of course I don't use it for fellow students at the uni. ^_~
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Ahahahahahahahahahahahaha...
Hehe.
Heh.
Sorry. ^__^
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