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del tu

informally

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phrase Rare #36,599
informally Used in the expression “dare del tu” to address someone with the informal form tu, rather than the formal Lei.
IT: Possiamo darci del tu?
EN: Can we use informal forms with each other?

Da bambine ci davamo del tu.

As children we used to address each other informally.

— Il gattopardo (1963)

Volete che ci diamo del tu?

Would you like us to use the informal form with each other?

— Fuck you, prof! (2013)

Ma non mi sembra che ci davamo del tu!

But it doesn't seem to me that we were on first name terms!

— Mosca non crede alle lacrime (1980)

Non sono abituata a dare del tu.

I'm not used to being on first name terms.

— L'infanzia di Ivan (1962)

Non potremmo darci del tu?

Couldn't we be on first-name terms?

— Il posto delle fragole (1957)