dirigirse a usted

Question

Hola todos, como se dice "i would like to send you (ustedes)", sera correcto decir "quisiera enviarles"? y que es la diferencia entre por ejemplo calmase y calmate? muchisimos gracias

Answer 1

I can't quite follow the question.

Are you saying...?

"I would like to send you...somewhere"?

or

"I would like to send you...something (say, in the mail")?

You really need to provide a full sentence for better context.

dirigirse a usted

to point you in a direction, to head you toward

to address you, speak to you

to address (a letter) to you, to write to you

Without full context it is hard to recognize whether the "a" is going to end up being a "personal a" or a "clarification tag" for an i.o.p. not written yet.

Answer 2

Quisiera enviarles [a ustedes] mi cirrículum vitae con esta carta .

I would like to send you my cv with this letter.

Mi currículum vitae está ajuntado a esta carta. (if I read it correctly currículum is masculine, so ajuntado)

My cv is attached to this letter.

¿Pudiera enviarles....

¿Me permitan que...

Favor de dejarme...

There are probably 1000 ways to say this politely.

Maybe a native can tell you what is customary. Regardless, you are using the i.o.p. (les) correctly for ustedes.

Answer 3

Well, I am not sure about the first part, but the second part I can answer. "Calmate!" is a command in the second person informal. Something you would say to a friend or peer. The "te" attached to "calma" is the person. Now, when you see "se" attached to a verb in the command form (third person) it is a general statement not specific to anyone person. This you will come across in advertisments and other impersonal addresses. You will also see this "se" before words like "se vende aqui" (sold here)

I hope this helped.

• impersonal se - qfreed Jun 19, 2010

Answer 4

@ qfreed, thank you very much for a quick respond, the whole phrase i am trying to figure out is: "I would like to send you my cv in this letter," but what really puzzles me is how to address it to "ustedes"? cheerz

Answer 5

Qfreed seems to have answered most of your question, but I just thought I'd address the second part about the verb calmarse. Cálmate means "calm down!" and is the command form for a person you address as tú (the informal you pronoun, used for your peers). You say you want to know the difference between this and calmase, but I think you might be referring to cálmese, which also means "calm down" but is the usted form of the command (the formal you pronoun). Calmase is also a word, though. It is the first person singular (yo) imperfect subjunctive of calmar. It is equivalent to calmara.

• Nice observation. I never think of the se forms of the imperfect subjunctive. - qfreed Jun 19, 2010