32 Comments
"Du " is singular and "ihr" is plural. In spanish "du" is "tu" and "ihr" is "vosotros".
Thanks, this helped me a lot, especially since I learned Spanish first and then German.
vosotros is a really weird word that I have never heard being used un the real world, aside from Spain. is really, really archaic. ''ustedes'' is always to be used.
oh that makes so much more sense! I was thinking it's formal vs informal but it wasnt adding up.
Oh so that's why it's so hard for an english speaker, where "you" is the same for singular and plural.
ah.. well, it's the same in norwegian... "du" is singular for you, and "dere" is the plural version of you.
Keep in mind that "Vosotros" only applies in spanish from Spain, in latin América Ihr would be "ustedes".
Du is an informal, singular you Ihr is more of an informal, plural you like "y'all" or a "you guys"
Think of it as 'Du' being singular- you would use it when addressing one person. Whereas 'Ihr' is plural- you would use it when addressing a group of people ("you guys" or " y'all")
You use "du" for "you" when talking to just one person and you use "ihr" as a translation of "you" when talking to / about several people. "Ihr" can also mean "her".
"Du" is used when there is only one person or if you are talking directly to that person only and "ihr" is when you are talking to a lot of people so, it's plural. "Ihr" in English could also be like "y'all" or something like that
du is singular and ihr I plural....as daauyi said...eg. du bist frau and ihr seid frauen
417
The differnce between du and ihr as a form of you is that ihr can be used to mean you (singular) or you (plural similar to you all). Was dankst du? = what do you think Was dankt Ihr? = what do you think (singular) Was dankt ihr? = what do you think (plural or asking a group)
I learned German in a Texas high school. So Du was translated as you, and Ihr was translated y'all.
Du is when you are talking to one person and ihr is when you are talking to multiple people. Example: Ihr seid sehr schnell - you are very fast - now im saying this to a group of people since I have a ihr so it would be the equivalent of y'all are very fast
And then Sie is the polite form of du but is there a polite form of Ihr or does Ihr cover polite plural as well?
-
Du is Singular form of You. E.g. You are a boy.
-
Ihr is Plural form of You. You guys are awesome players.
There are three "sie"s in german. the first one is the formal you and it should be written with a capital S even it isn't at the beginning of the sentence. The second one is sie meaning she and the last one is sie meaning they. So yes, sie is plural but it's not the same as Ihr, Ihr is you. In german, there is Du which also means you but for one person and Ihr is used to talk to from 2 to more people.
I know that du is singular and ihr is plural but some of these questions are bit problematic since singular form "thou" is not used in modern English. For example: translate this to german. You come from Italy. I can't decide if it is Du kommst aus Italien or Ihr kommt aus Italien.
