Polite: politeness
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Form: formal register
The polite register is usually meant for communication with people of higher social status than the one of the speaker. In Beja, the feature « polite » applies to the use of 1PL pronouns instead of 1SG pronouns.
Examples
- doːr han / hoːb =uːn -ej iraːnaj // oː-= meːk ʔam -a =b =wa “Grand-father, gosh, have you ever ridden a donkey?”
Polite in other languages: [bej] [es] [hy] [pl] [u]