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En Colombia, es común que los amigos no se tutean. De hecho, se tratan de 'usted" habitualmente. También, los progenitores les hablan a los chamacos suyos de "usted" incluso a los animales domésticos. Me llama la atención una barbaridad averiguar cuál es son las facetas distintas entre los países hispanohablantes. Mil gracias por la enseñanza, dama.

When you explained it by saying it's a form of respect like southern manners (Sir & Ma'am,) I finally get it!!! This Alabama girl can understand that very well!

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I’ve been learning Spanish for years - I still often accidentally use tú instead of usted. Luckily I’ve yet to meet someone who seems offended by this gaffe , though I would speculate that this is because they are appreciative of my speaking to them in Spanish and that they don’t really care if I make a “little” mistake like that.

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THANK YOU for this video! It is great, and I recommend it to all of the families and staff that I work with in our local school district who want to learn how to better communicate with local Spanish-speaking families. AND yes, I have had students in Canada/US university classrooms from Mexico, Central America (El Salvador, Costa Rica) and some parts of Colombia who have taken me aside after classes and told me that I should not be using "tú" in the classroom, and that I should refer to my students as "usted"....this follows from that many regional dialects use USTED for more familiar or intimate relationships (el fenómeno del "ustedeo"). When I am teaching in Canada-US, I now present myself on the 1st day, and explain que todos nosotros nos podemos tutear en la clase, y que yo voy a usar TÚ, pero que si se siente incómoda/o con el uso de tú, se puede usar "usted". I teach advanced classes in economics and linguistics in Spanish, and so it's not a language class, but rather advanced content taught in Spanish.

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So far you're the best description of hows its used but i still think the word usted is anachronistic for our era.

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Thanks for this fun explanation -- and authorizing me to "tu" if we are lucky enough to meet!

Absolutely, I'm from the Southern U.S.A (Arkansas) and my father was military. We were brought up to say 'Yes sir', 'No sir', etc...

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Gracias por el video 🙌🏾

Muy buen video

Muy bueno !!

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Cuando estaba en Cuba de vacaciones conoci a una mujer y salimos por una semana. Al final le dije a elle que probablamente, no podria regresar a Cuba. Cuando regrese a los Estados Unidos nos llamamos por telefono una vez y ella me llamo por usted. Creo que ella estaba enojada porque no iba a regresar. Pero fue como una bofetada!

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Hi everyone. USA is in the house. Ola amigos, mi nombre es Gina. Yo vivo en Los Estados Unidos. Y tu? Sigua mis paginas en youtube y Instagram si quieres saber mas de mi vida. How did I do in Spanish?

the difference between usted and tu is a matter of formality

In my language course, they taught me that they don't use tú often in Latin America. So you do use it, say in Mexico?

An old friend from high school who learned Spanish while living in Mexico, told me that no one uses "usted" anymore when speaking. Is this true?

Paulisima: Tu puedes llamarme tu, solo no me llamas tarde a la cena... You know that phrase, dicho: You can call me anything, just don't call me late for dinner. 😂

Vos is used in Nicaragua.

You dork, Bueno

"Usted" is a very old, archiac, harirachical, anachronistic word. Its loaded with the history of colonialism by the Spaniard Monarchy. Its comes from "vuestra merced" ( your mercy) I find it very offensive. It excludes the person being spoken to.