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                xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Вы</em></span> and <span xml:lang="ru"
              class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Ты</em></span></th>
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                xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
                >Вы</em></span> and <span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
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      <p>Russian, unlike English, has two different forms of the second person singular pronoun
        "you": <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">вы</em></span></strong></span> and <span
          class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                class="foreignphrase">ты</em></span></strong></span>. Compare these to the French
          <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="fr" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="fr"
                class="foreignphrase">Vous</em></span></strong></span> and <span class="bold"
            ><strong>tu</strong></span> or the German <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="de"
              class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="de" class="foreignphrase"
          >Sie</em></span></strong></span> and <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="de"
              class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="de" class="foreignphrase"
          >du</em></span></strong></span>. The <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru"
              class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
          >вы</em></span></strong></span> form is also the second person plural.</p>
      <p><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                class="foreignphrase">Вы</em></span></strong></span> is used in formal situations,
        work settings, when speaking to a superior or to someone older, to whom you wish to show a
        degree of respect. <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">Вы</em></span></strong></span> indicates
        distance (emotional, social or chronological).</p>
      <p><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                class="foreignphrase">Ты</em></span></strong></span> is used in informal situations,
        family relationships (between spouses, parents and children, between siblings and with other
        relatives), when speaking to someone younger than you. <span class="bold"><strong><span
              xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"
              >Ты</em></span></strong></span> indicates closeness (in age or in terms of friendship
        and intimacy).</p>
      <p><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                class="foreignphrase">Вы</em></span></strong></span>-forms of address can be full
        first name plus patronymic, full first name minus patronymic, or shortened first name only.
          <span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                class="foreignphrase">Ты</em></span></strong></span>-forms of address will be first
        name only, either full or shortened.</p>
      <p><span class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                class="foreignphrase">Ты</em></span></strong></span> is always used when addressing
        God, speaking to children (your own or anyone's) and calling your cat or dog.</p>
      <p>When they first meet, adults will usually begin by addressing each other as <span
          class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                class="foreignphrase">Вы</em></span></strong></span>. At some point in time in the
        relationship, one may suggest to the other that they change to <span class="bold"
              ><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                class="foreignphrase">ты</em></span></strong></span> by saying: <span class="bold"
              ><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                class="foreignphrase">Дава́йте перейдём на ты;</em></span></strong></span> ог <span
          class="bold"><strong><span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em xml:lang="ru"
                class="foreignphrase">Мо́жно на ты?</em></span></strong></span> If this is mutually
        agreeable, the relationship passes onto a new level; some people even make a ritual of it by
        drinking <span class="bold"><strong>"<span xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase"><em
                xml:lang="ru" class="foreignphrase">брудерша́фт</em></span>"</strong></span>.</p>
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