Always I

“I” or “we” in English, German is mostly reserved for deep thoughts where I rarely need to address myself but if I do I think I use “ich” (“I”) as well. “You” wouldn’t feel right for me personally.

Typically “you” if it’s in my head, but if said out loud it’s “I”

“we” and other first-person-plurals

There are multiple voices, one says “I” while the others respond with “you” if they are disagreeing, or “we” if they agree.

• I should shave
• Yes we should
• No, you shouldn’t. You look stupid.
• I think that’s right, I’m not shaving.

We and us-- “let’s go do blah, we ought to blah”

Depends which side of myself is currently speaking.

We. You are a combination of all the entities living on or in you. We are Us.

“We”

“Do we think that leftover scree was important? Do we remember where it came from?”

“We need to get some more sleep.”

Sometimes it’s “You” when referring to the lazy, scared, or angry one.

“You’re overreacting. You’ll be fine. You’re upset over nothing.”

Never I.

Both. “I am an idiot.” “You should know better.”

I, you, we and thou.

As in:

“What am I doing?!”

“You’re getting older, not younger.”

“Let’s not do this again.”

“Thou have lost the little bit of reasoning you had left.”

And it scares people.

“We”. Not sure why. I guess it’s me and the person I’m talking to (who is also me)

You. And also the pet name that my late husband used for me, if I’m feeling especially pitiful or otherwise in need of encouragement.

Mostly you

It varies between people, but for me it alternates!