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Formal and Informal Language
Spanish
Alejandro Octavio Aguilera (Monterrey, Mexico) "Yes this thing about "usted" and "tú" is very important. In the first place, "usted" is a way..."
Roxana Danae Bannach (Santiago, Chile) "Well, normally you will always talk to the person with "usted" especially if you don't know him..."
Martha Mateos Brito (Monterrey, Mexico) "Well, "usted" I generally use it with older people, or with people for whom I have a..."
Carlos José Bueso Más (Puerto Rico) "With "usted" and "tú," Americans have the advantage obviously in that there is no distinction..."
Carmen Gladys Zapata (Lima, Peru) "We generally use "usted" when there isn't a high level of familiarity between the..."
Chinese
Zhenchun He (Shanghai, China) "'Miss' is how you address some unmarried women... "
Tung-Fu Su (Gaoxiong, Taiwan) "Usually we address, these forms of address..."
Judy Chen (Nantou, Taiwan) "Generally, in public settings or in formal settings..."
Wenli Zhu (Yunnan, China) "In casual settings in the United States..."
Roberto Salmón Rodríguez (Lima, Peru) "Well, let's begin looking at it from a retrospective point of view, looking at if from the..."
Turkish
Hamit Gürdoğan (Ankara, Turkey) "These formal talks, of course, there is saying..."
Fırat Türkfiliz (Ankara, Turkey) "In general, it is more appropriate to have small talk at..."
M. Vedat Melik (Urfa, Turkey) "In general, the first meetings are not so official..."
Serdar Tan (Ankara, Turkey) "We try to behave more formally in our business meetings, especially in..."
Alparslan Tekiner (Ankara, Turkey) "Well, depending on the characteristics of the topic..."
Japanese
Kentaro (Tokyo, Japan) "As for the way to use plain and formal speech... "
Eriko (Saitama, Japan) "In formal occasions, such as having a lecture..."
Masafumi (Kobe, Japan) "In Japanese, there's the normal way we talk..."
Akemo (Chiba, Japan) "Then akemo says..."
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