“Tu<\/strong>” is always singular and therefore refers to only one person.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other words regarding the use of “tu”: It\u2019s mainly used with equals to signify friendship or a close relationship, or with children or teenagers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Between friends<\/p>\n\n\n\n A : Salut Paul ! Tu<\/strong> vas bien ? (Hi Paul! how are you? <\/em>) <\/p>\n\n\n\n B : Oui, tr\u00e8s bien. Et toi,<\/strong> \u00e7a va ? (Yeah, I’m fine. H<\/em>ow are you doing?<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Note: “Et toi” literally means “And you”. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Other words regarding the use of “vous”: It\u2019s mainly used for strangers and\/or to show respect for others and\/or by children\/teenagers towards adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Example:<\/p>\n\n\n\n With someone you don’t know<\/p>\n\n\n\n A : Pardon Madame ! Savez-vous<\/strong> s’il y a une poste pr\u00e8s d’ici ? (Excuse me Madam! Do you know if there is a post office near here?) <\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n B : D\u00e9sol\u00e9e Monsieur, je ne suis pas d’ici. (I’m sorry sir, I’m not from here.<\/em>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n “Vous<\/strong>” can be singular or plural. It can refer to one person or several ones. When a feeling of friendship arises, we can start to use “tu” with the other person. One of the two people will often ask: “Est-ce qu’on peut se tutoyer ?” (“Can we use ‘tu’?”<\/em>); or<\/p>\n\n\n\n say: “On peut se tutoyer, tu sais.” (“We can use ‘tu’, you<\/em> know.”<\/em>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Using “tu” “Tu” is always singular and therefore refers to only one person. Other words regarding the use of “tu”:Tutoyer (= to use \u201ctu\u201d with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":269,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,10],"tags":[112,122,99,107,119],"class_list":["post-265","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beginner","category-french","tag-beginner","tag-culture","tag-french","tag-intermediate","tag-vocabulary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/french-and-france.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/vous_ou_tu-e1651629506276.png?fit=800%2C450&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=265"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=265"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/french-and-france.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Tutoyer<\/strong> (= to use \u201ctu\u201d with someone, a verb.)
Le tutoiement<\/strong> (= the act of using \u201ctu\u201d with someone. A noun.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nUsing “vous”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
vouvoyer<\/strong> (= to use \u201cvous\u201d with someone, a verb.)
Le vouvoiement<\/strong> (= the act of using \u201cvous\u201d with someone. A noun.)<\/p>\n\n\n\nImportant!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Since “tu<\/strong>” is only singular, “vous<\/strong>” should be used when addressing several friends, children or close people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\nSwitching from “vous” to “tu”<\/h2>\n\n\n\n