Plural You Pronoun

Question

In countries that don't use vosotros (and consequently, "os") how would you say something like

"I miss you all"

Would you use te extraño or a different pronoun?

Thanks!

Answer 1

In countries that don't use vosotros, ustedes is used for both formal & familar. The pronoun is "Les."

Thanks! - katrynacadle, Dec 22, 2009

Answer 2

Depending on what you're talking about it would Los, las, or les if you were talking to more than one person. You would say "Los extrano a todos" since the people are directly receiving the verb (presumably men and woman)

Thanks! But to clarify, can you explain when you use les and when you use direct object pronouns like las/los? - katrynacadle, Dec 22, 2009

Answer 3

pues yo digo 'los extraño'

Answer 4

You use lo or la when the person is solely receiving the action of the verb, for example I miss YOU, I love YOU ALL, Lo extrano, los amo. Le would be used if there is something else that is receiving the action from the verb, "quiero traerle pastel"- I want to bring you cake, you are bringing cake not a person, so there you would use le. If you want further explanation and examples I can do so.

Answer 5

countries that don't use vosotros

In other words, all Spanish speaking countries except Span.

True, Learning vosotros is a waste of time. - Danieljoseph, Dec 22, 2009

Unless you want to spend time in Spain, sin ganas de ofender a los espanoles si hay - Danieljoseph, Dec 22, 2009