Anyone you’re going to fuck, use “tu”
Is that why they use tú for God?
Seems like he fucks me every day again.
The real answer.
Use tu. Usted would call attention to the age difference.
Usted would also create a boundary that does not imply intimate relations
I had to explain to my husband, it’s like “Hey girl” vs. “Hey ma’am.”
Then for OP’s question, it depends on whether she gets off on knowing she’s older, or wants to feel younger.
Petah, explain the joke.
It appears to be the question of using a language’s formal or informal way of addressing the second person.
Formal forms are generally used for those senior in age, rank, social standing etc - whereas the informal is used for colleagues, friends, family etc.
The question revolves around whether to use the formal conjugations based on the elder nature of the date, or the informal verb endings based on the more intimate nature of being a date.
In short, not a joke, but a headspinning social minefield for non-native speakers.
At least I think that’s the jist of it, always happy for a correction.
It gets even weirder. Depending on where you are the forms can flip. Like you might use usted for your family instead of tu. Also there is vos which is used in some countries like here in colombia.
Awesome, thank you. I know very little about Spanish (some may argue I know very little French too!) but I believe the general formal/informal rules are the same across most Latin languages.
Some of the quirks are cool though, like using the informal when praying to a God because apparently God knows everyone very well 🤔
Iirc from children’s Bible school, Jesus set the mode by praying to Daddy. And since we’re all God’s children (not like Jesus but still) we start with “Our Father” and go on to “thy” which was the Medieval informal you
I mean, just use vosotros and be chaotic evil
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There are two types of “you” in Spanish. Usted is for formal situations and people older than you. Tu is informal and people younger than you. The joke is that OOP doesn’t know which “you” to use because dating is an informal situation but she’s older than him.
3 types. Vos is used in latin america.
Not necessarily everywhere though. In my region of Mexico nobody says “vos”.
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Misread this as petaQ and I’m living for the image of a Klingon swearing at somebody because they don’t understand a “human” joke 😂
Was stuck for too long wondering what bizarre Gen-Z lingo I was looking at before it made sense.
Spanish speaker here!
Use “Vos” to sound more interesting 😏
You might get laughed at depending on the region you’re in.
Yeah, that make things more interesting 😏
Shit’s different in different countries but for most you only use usted when in English you might consider calling them Mr/Mrs/Ms or Sir/Ma’am
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