formal or informal

andre l.A0Kwiziq community member

formal or informal

If you are asking someone their nationality, it is obvious that you do not know the person. In which case, wouldn't the question be informal in any situation? 

Asked 15 hours ago
Maarten K.C1 Kwiziq Q&A super contributor

Andre, 

I think you mean ( in the case of not knowing someone) ‘ wouldn’t the question be formal in any situation ‘  ? 

It is possible to know someone well enough to ‘tutoyer’ but still be unaware of their nationality. Regardless of this specific possibility, the answer is still -  ‘ no, not necessarily. ‘  There are other factors involved.

The attached is an excellent article by Cécile on the use of formal or informal address in French.

 https://french.kwiziq.com/revision/lessons/saying-tu-or-vous-that-is-the-question

andre l. asked:

formal or informal

If you are asking someone their nationality, it is obvious that you do not know the person. In which case, wouldn't the question be informal in any situation? 

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