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Example 67-40
awak/engkau; lu/lia
awak/engkau;
2sg
lu/lia
2sg
you (polite but distant); you (rude but intimate)
Type:
naturalistic spoken
Source:
Aye 2005
: 74
Language:
Singapore Bazaar Malay
by
Khin Khin Aye
cite
Datapoints:
Politeness distinctions in second-person pronouns: Binary pronominal politeness distinction
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