Speak spanish? Don't you hate...?

Question

That people talks to you in the formal way?
No like i hate it, don't worry i just dont like it, im young and always keep a familiar tone with the people i talk to and people saying me sir, or talking to me in the formal way just make me feel old (im 22 by the way) i bumped into a kiddo the other day and he asked me something starting wih excuse me sir... and later the formal way, and i was like come'on talk to me like you know me don't make me feel old! =P, i use the formal way to speak when i talk to my elders but i don't like people talking to me in that way, americans what do spanish teachers tells you on school ? =P spanish speakers... thoughts?

Answer 1

Two thoughts. First off, in some countries the formal way is the normal way. In Costa Rica, I heard virtually everybody call everybody else "Usted," with only a VERY occasional "vos."

Second, for us gringos it's hard to be consistent. I try, but I often slip up and switch from formal to informal. I was talking to a member of the wait staff at a restaurant the other day, using informal, and at the end I slipped up and said "Lo mejor a su familia." Ah well... cut us some slack, we're doing the best we can. :-)

Answer 2

Liar Liar pants on fireplace! Now in the adventure that they quite did "punch you interior the face" you would possibly want to be in court docket in the present day, which include your court docket circumstances and whining up a typhoon. pass ahead and whine and experience sorry for your self. we've better activities than even remark about deepest conversations. And do you ask the persons in the adventure that they are republican? i understand a tremendous number of Democrats and libertarians who believe all organization in this united states of america must be performed in English. I guess you won't be able to tell me what percentage tens of millions are spent providing spanish speaking instructions for public college children. and how a lot it expenses to have the "press dose for Spanish"

Answer 3

I'm a Spanish speaker and I feel weird too when kids talk to me "de usted" (I'm 23). But it's just the way they were raised. I don't hate it.
It makes me feel old but at the same time respected.

Answer 4

I agree with everyone who already posted. I used to get really annoyed when people spoke to me formally in English (calling me "Ma'am", etc), but now that I am grown, married and a mother of two, I get annoyed when they call me "Miss". Maybe we all just need to relax. :>

Answer 5

it's normal to speak in a bit formal way to people who are older than you.

Answer 6

IDK, I always learned the informal AND formal ways of talking in all my Spanish classes. In fact, my teacher never even bothered to teach us the "vosotros" conjugations of anything, because he said nobody even uses that anymore. On that note, que tengas un buen dia, joven!

Answer 7

We are taught in school to use usted until the other person invites you to use tu.