Formal y informal?

Question

Hola! ¿Cuándo debo usar discurso formal e informal?

Answer 1

Hola!

You would use Informal/tú form if you were talking to your friends, family, or children etc. (in other words, people you know really well)

You would use Formal/usted form when you are talking to teachers, parents, seniors, or people you don't know, so basically, people to whom you would like to show respect.

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Answer 2

Formality/informality exist in all (well, certainly most) languages. The only difference is that some languages have specific forms (explicit syntactic structures) to make the distinction. I doubt that, if you were introduced to the President of the U.S. you would (as you might to a younger brother/sister) ask "How's it goin'?" or "Whatcha been up to?"