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shely141 (Å vise profilen) 2010 3 4 00:44:03
Thank you so much in advance for any help, i really appreciate it!!
Evildela (Å vise profilen) 2010 3 4 01:35:07
Vorsik (Å vise profilen) 2010 3 4 02:28:53
patrik (Å vise profilen) 2010 3 4 05:07:40
Evildela:I'd imagine [Vi ĉiuj] would workYes, it does.
darkweasel (Å vise profilen) 2010 3 4 06:06:57
Vorsik:Vi is used for both one person and multiple people so I think Vi can also mean "you all."Yes, it can, just like English "you" can be singular and plural. However, sometimes you do need to make clear that you're talking to "you all", not only to one "you", and that's where vi ĉiuj perfectly fits.
shely141 (Å vise profilen) 2010 3 4 15:46:52
This was really helpful! i was a little vague with my question, but I still got the answer I was looking for!
darkweasel (Å vise profilen) 2010 3 4 18:14:05
shely141:dankon al vi cxiuj! (hopefully i got that right! :S )You did!
saloli (Å vise profilen) 2010 3 4 18:57:13
It was a friend from New Orleans who started this at NASK, as best as I can remember.
trojo (Å vise profilen) 2010 3 5 22:38:46
saloli:If you mean y'all as in southern US English, a few of us started saying "viuj" while at NASK a few years ago. Of course, it is meant as a joke and is colloquial. Certainly not standard, which would just be "vi" or even simply "ĉiuj" as in "Dankon al ĉiuj".But then how would you say y'all's? As in, "our tractor's better'n y'all's". Nia traktoro estas pli bona ol tiu de viuj?. Nah, reckon I'll stick with Nia traktoro estas pli bona ol la via.
It was a friend from New Orleans who started this at NASK, as best as I can remember.
(Yes, y'all's is a real word in Standard Alabama English, as is y'allselves.)
ceigered (Å vise profilen) 2010 3 6 08:56:27