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		watermelon59 on Feb 11, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did English ever have a formal version of “you”? But in the south of Brazil (RS) we just address everyone as "tu" :) Some Brazilians from other states seem to find that rude sometimes.

rcruzeiro on Feb 11, 2014 [–]

The "cariocas" I think, also use "tu" but they won't conjugate the verbs correctly. They say things like "Tu vai ao..." instead of "Tu vais ao..." or simply "Vais ao...". For me, hearing something like "Tu vai" is like being slapped in the ear ;)

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