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Informal and formal you

tykanie a vykanie

Use ty with one person informally and vy for formal address or more than one person.

What changes

  1. Use ty with one person informally and vy for formal address or more than one person.

  2. Formal vy uses plural verb forms; capitalize Vy, Vám, and Váš in letters to one formal addressee.

Informal and formal address

  • ty máš · informal singular
  • vy máte · formal singular or plural
  • Prepáč · informal / Prepáčte · formal

Examples

  1. Ako sa máte? How are you? (formal) Practice this
  2. Prepáč, nerozumiem. Sorry, I do not understand. (informal)
  3. Prepáčte, nerozumiem. Sorry, I do not understand. (formal)

Reference

Jazykovedný ústav Ľudovíta Štúra SAV ↗

Full attribution on References.