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“Se” and “le” with “usted”, but always “te” with “tú”
Why don't Spanish words start with “sp”?“Magia” vs “Mágico”: What's the difference?Personal pronouns: When to hook at the end of verb and when to keep separate?Using se with the first person singular conjugationHow to use “es” in Spanish as a translation for “it's”¿Puedo usar “ando” o “iendo” con verbos otra que “estar”?What is more conversational - “te lo digo” or “yo quiero decírtelo”?“Lo” leading whatever that's not a noun?Why is the object pronoun *lo(it)* used in these sentences?“cuando + subjunctive” and “si + subjunctive”
Why do we say
- te digo [a ti] / le digo [a usted]
but
- no te preocupes [tú] / no se preocupe [usted]
?
Aren't these equal in terms of grammar? If so, why with "tú" in both cases it's "te", but with "usted" it's "le" and "se"? How do I know when to use "se" and when "le" with "usted"?
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Why do we say
- te digo [a ti] / le digo [a usted]
but
- no te preocupes [tú] / no se preocupe [usted]
?
Aren't these equal in terms of grammar? If so, why with "tú" in both cases it's "te", but with "usted" it's "le" and "se"? How do I know when to use "se" and when "le" with "usted"?
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Why do we say
- te digo [a ti] / le digo [a usted]
but
- no te preocupes [tú] / no se preocupe [usted]
?
Aren't these equal in terms of grammar? If so, why with "tú" in both cases it's "te", but with "usted" it's "le" and "se"? How do I know when to use "se" and when "le" with "usted"?
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Why do we say
- te digo [a ti] / le digo [a usted]
but
- no te preocupes [tú] / no se preocupe [usted]
?
Aren't these equal in terms of grammar? If so, why with "tú" in both cases it's "te", but with "usted" it's "le" and "se"? How do I know when to use "se" and when "le" with "usted"?
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First, let's make a brief clarification: usted, in Spanish, is always gramatically treated as a third person (the same as él, ella, ellos, ellas).
Now, to your question. Indeed, te, se, and le are all personal pronouns. They're a special type of personal pronoun that we call pronómbres personales átonos. They can basically play two roles: as the verb complement (direct or indirect), or as the reflexive particle that you put before or after a verb.
Let's look at this useful table of pronómbres personales átonos:
As you may note, for the first, and second person pronouns (yo, tú, nosotros, ustedes), there are only distinctions between singular and plural cases. However, in the third person pronouns (usted, él, ella, ellos, ellas), there are distinctions regarding number (sing. or plur.), gender (m. or f.), and syntactic function (direct obj., indir. obj., or reflexive).
In the first set of sentences that you put as an example, le and te are being used as the indirect object:
A ti: 2nd person singular =teA usted: 3rd person singular as indirect object =le
In the second pair of examples, le and se are being used as reflexive particles of the verb preocuparse.
Tú: 2nd person singular =teUsted: 3rd person as reflexive =se
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Do you want to add a note to say why os has an *? I assume it would say something like 'primarily in Spain' but I am not sure.
– mdewey
yesterday
@mdewey Yes, you're right. I took the table from the DPD, and the asterisk in os refers to the following explanation: "En América, en Canarias y en parte de Andalucía, no se usa el pronombre personal vosotros para la segunda persona del plural. En su lugar se emplea ustedes".
– prm296
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First, let's make a brief clarification: usted, in Spanish, is always gramatically treated as a third person (the same as él, ella, ellos, ellas).
Now, to your question. Indeed, te, se, and le are all personal pronouns. They're a special type of personal pronoun that we call pronómbres personales átonos. They can basically play two roles: as the verb complement (direct or indirect), or as the reflexive particle that you put before or after a verb.
Let's look at this useful table of pronómbres personales átonos:
As you may note, for the first, and second person pronouns (yo, tú, nosotros, ustedes), there are only distinctions between singular and plural cases. However, in the third person pronouns (usted, él, ella, ellos, ellas), there are distinctions regarding number (sing. or plur.), gender (m. or f.), and syntactic function (direct obj., indir. obj., or reflexive).
In the first set of sentences that you put as an example, le and te are being used as the indirect object:
A ti: 2nd person singular =teA usted: 3rd person singular as indirect object =le
In the second pair of examples, le and se are being used as reflexive particles of the verb preocuparse.
Tú: 2nd person singular =teUsted: 3rd person as reflexive =se
edited 22 hours ago
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Do you want to add a note to say why os has an *? I assume it would say something like 'primarily in Spain' but I am not sure.
– mdewey
yesterday
@mdewey Yes, you're right. I took the table from the DPD, and the asterisk in os refers to the following explanation: "En América, en Canarias y en parte de Andalucía, no se usa el pronombre personal vosotros para la segunda persona del plural. En su lugar se emplea ustedes".
– prm296
yesterday
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First, let's make a brief clarification: usted, in Spanish, is always gramatically treated as a third person (the same as él, ella, ellos, ellas).
Now, to your question. Indeed, te, se, and le are all personal pronouns. They're a special type of personal pronoun that we call pronómbres personales átonos. They can basically play two roles: as the verb complement (direct or indirect), or as the reflexive particle that you put before or after a verb.
Let's look at this useful table of pronómbres personales átonos:
As you may note, for the first, and second person pronouns (yo, tú, nosotros, ustedes), there are only distinctions between singular and plural cases. However, in the third person pronouns (usted, él, ella, ellos, ellas), there are distinctions regarding number (sing. or plur.), gender (m. or f.), and syntactic function (direct obj., indir. obj., or reflexive).
In the first set of sentences that you put as an example, le and te are being used as the indirect object:
A ti: 2nd person singular =teA usted: 3rd person singular as indirect object =le
In the second pair of examples, le and se are being used as reflexive particles of the verb preocuparse.
Tú: 2nd person singular =teUsted: 3rd person as reflexive =se
edited 22 hours ago
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Do you want to add a note to say why os has an *? I assume it would say something like 'primarily in Spain' but I am not sure.
– mdewey
yesterday
@mdewey Yes, you're right. I took the table from the DPD, and the asterisk in os refers to the following explanation: "En América, en Canarias y en parte de Andalucía, no se usa el pronombre personal vosotros para la segunda persona del plural. En su lugar se emplea ustedes".
– prm296
yesterday
add a comment |
First, let's make a brief clarification: usted, in Spanish, is always gramatically treated as a third person (the same as él, ella, ellos, ellas).
Now, to your question. Indeed, te, se, and le are all personal pronouns. They're a special type of personal pronoun that we call pronómbres personales átonos. They can basically play two roles: as the verb complement (direct or indirect), or as the reflexive particle that you put before or after a verb.
Let's look at this useful table of pronómbres personales átonos:
As you may note, for the first, and second person pronouns (yo, tú, nosotros, ustedes), there are only distinctions between singular and plural cases. However, in the third person pronouns (usted, él, ella, ellos, ellas), there are distinctions regarding number (sing. or plur.), gender (m. or f.), and syntactic function (direct obj., indir. obj., or reflexive).
In the first set of sentences that you put as an example, le and te are being used as the indirect object:
A ti: 2nd person singular =teA usted: 3rd person singular as indirect object =le
In the second pair of examples, le and se are being used as reflexive particles of the verb preocuparse.
Tú: 2nd person singular =teUsted: 3rd person as reflexive =se
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First, let's make a brief clarification: usted, in Spanish, is always gramatically treated as a third person (the same as él, ella, ellos, ellas).
Now, to your question. Indeed, te, se, and le are all personal pronouns. They're a special type of personal pronoun that we call pronómbres personales átonos. They can basically play two roles: as the verb complement (direct or indirect), or as the reflexive particle that you put before or after a verb.
Let's look at this useful table of pronómbres personales átonos:
As you may note, for the first, and second person pronouns (yo, tú, nosotros, ustedes), there are only distinctions between singular and plural cases. However, in the third person pronouns (usted, él, ella, ellos, ellas), there are distinctions regarding number (sing. or plur.), gender (m. or f.), and syntactic function (direct obj., indir. obj., or reflexive).
In the first set of sentences that you put as an example, le and te are being used as the indirect object:
A ti: 2nd person singular =teA usted: 3rd person singular as indirect object =le
In the second pair of examples, le and se are being used as reflexive particles of the verb preocuparse.
Tú: 2nd person singular =teUsted: 3rd person as reflexive =se
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Do you want to add a note to say why os has an *? I assume it would say something like 'primarily in Spain' but I am not sure.
– mdewey
yesterday
@mdewey Yes, you're right. I took the table from the DPD, and the asterisk in os refers to the following explanation: "En América, en Canarias y en parte de Andalucía, no se usa el pronombre personal vosotros para la segunda persona del plural. En su lugar se emplea ustedes".
– prm296
yesterday
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Do you want to add a note to say why os has an *? I assume it would say something like 'primarily in Spain' but I am not sure.
– mdewey
yesterday
@mdewey Yes, you're right. I took the table from the DPD, and the asterisk in os refers to the following explanation: "En América, en Canarias y en parte de Andalucía, no se usa el pronombre personal vosotros para la segunda persona del plural. En su lugar se emplea ustedes".
– prm296
yesterday
Do you want to add a note to say why os has an *? I assume it would say something like 'primarily in Spain' but I am not sure.
– mdewey
yesterday
Do you want to add a note to say why os has an *? I assume it would say something like 'primarily in Spain' but I am not sure.
– mdewey
yesterday
@mdewey Yes, you're right. I took the table from the DPD, and the asterisk in os refers to the following explanation: "En América, en Canarias y en parte de Andalucía, no se usa el pronombre personal vosotros para la segunda persona del plural. En su lugar se emplea ustedes".
– prm296
yesterday
@mdewey Yes, you're right. I took the table from the DPD, and the asterisk in os refers to the following explanation: "En América, en Canarias y en parte de Andalucía, no se usa el pronombre personal vosotros para la segunda persona del plural. En su lugar se emplea ustedes".
– prm296
yesterday
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