How to differentiate questions/answer to different people en Espaol? Bach Tong and Shannon Powers

Posted by Bach Tong in Spanish 1 - Sanchez on

​En Español, there are two separate way of asking/responding to people, accordingly to their ages. To ask/respond to someone who is younger than you, the informal way should be used: Tú. To ask/respond to someone who is older than you, the formal way should be used: Ud.
Example: ¿Cómo te llama (Tú) ?: What’s your name? informal
       ¿Cómo te llamas (Ud)?: What’s your name? formal
                ¿Cómo esta (Tú)? : How are you? informal 
  ¿Cómo estas (Ud.)?: How are you? formal
This could be used to ask/respond to people in real life politely correspondingly to their age. It also shows respect and how educated you are to adults. This rule does not necessarily applied to every questions, but to most of it.

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