Friday, October 23, 2009

Using Tú vs. Usted

When asking a question in Spanish you use either the term Tu or Usted, commonly shortened to Ud. If taking to a friend, or amigo, you use Tu. When talking to somone of respect, or respeto, you use Usted.

An exapmle converstaion:

Informal
Child 1: ¿Como estás? (How are you?)
Child 2: Muy bien.(Very Good) ¿Y tú?(And you)

Formal
Adult 1: ¿Como está? (How are you?)
Adult 2: Muy bien.(Very Good) ¿Y Ud.?(And you)

In a real world situation you would use this when speaking to an adult or a friend.

4 comments:

  1. Great vids. This Is Really Aaron. Aaron's Hacking Morgan's Computer. MUAHAHAHAHAHA

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  2. Aaron stop hacking I could hear people in the background though

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  3. it was creative to show the formal way and the informal way to have the conversation.

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