Comments on: 5 Tips for Speed Learning a Language

By: Christine Ka'aloa

Christine Ka'aloa — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:47:12 +0000

Thanks for the tip, Senorita! Have you ever had someone say that to you? Yeah, that would throw a wet blanket on anyone’s day. In NYC my superintendent was Mexican and for the life of me, I could only remember tu phrases. Sometimes I didn’t know whether to attempt a convo with him or not… I wasn’t sure if he’d feel like I was speaking to him like a janitor. ;-P

By: Gringation

Gringation — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:29:15 +0000

Oooh yes! Always use the formal when you’re in doubt.

In Spanish, “tú” and “Usted” both mean “you”, but “tú” is informal.

It’s always better to have someone say, “Don’t worry! You can use ‘tú’ with me” than to have someone say, “Please refer to me as ‘Usted’, young lady”.