what does ustedes mean?

Question

I'm trying to do my spanish homework and i can't remember what ustedes means. My worksheet is on the verb ir. the question says: Adonde van ustedes a las dos y media?

PLEASE HELP!!!!

Answer 1

Hello, and welcome to the forum. Ustedes means 'you all'. It is the second personal plural formal pronoun.

Answer 2

Here´s a bit more information which might be of interest:-

• The forms tú and vosotros/as (familiar forms) are used to address members of the family, friends, children and animals
• the forms usted and ustedes (polite forms are used to address all other people, usually written as Vd and Vds., or Ud./Uds., they must always be used with the third person of the verb.
• Usted is a contraction of the archaic form of address Vuestra Merced, 'your honour'.
• Although the familiar form is becoming increasingly common in Spain, it is still advisable to use the polite form when addressing strangers or people that you have just met.
• Except for usted and ustedes (which are nearly always expressed) all other subject pronouns are omitted unless emphasis is required or ambiguity avoided.

Answer 3

ustedes is plural for usted (you formal ). Your sentence translates to : whare did you all go at 2.30 pm?

THANKS!!! For some reason it wasn't in my notes so no i'm definitly writing it down! - tessibugg, Sep 20, 2010

Close. Wrong verb tense. - KevinB, Sep 20, 2010

And wrong spelling in English. - KevinB, Sep 20, 2010

wait so what's the right verb tense? - tessibugg, Sep 20, 2010

We're not supposed to do people's homework here. That's cheating. So this whole thread is a bit disappointing. It violates forum rules. But I'll say "van" comes from "ir". Punch it into the dictionary here and check the conjugation. It's right there. - KevinB, Sep 20, 2010

And don't trust strangers to do your homework. We have a bad habit of giving people completely bogus answers if we think they're cheating. - KevinB, Sep 20, 2010

where will - tinadn, Sep 20, 2010

See what I mean? The student should do their own homework. Not only is it a forum rule, it just makes sense. If I tell you, you won't remember. If you look it it up, you might. If you write it down, you probably will. - KevinB, Sep 20, 2010

Look i was just asking for a little help! i wasn't asking for answers i put the question in, because i didn't know if how it was used in a sentenace made a difference! and when i typed ustedes into the dictionary on this sight it came up as usted which i - tessibugg, Sep 20, 2010

thought meant something totally different. jesus i was just getting some help... - tessibugg, Sep 20, 2010

Sorry. Your original question was legit, though some would have said "look it up". But when someone answered your homework question for you, incorrectly, it all went south. - KevinB, Sep 20, 2010

And you accepted the wrong answer I tried to help. Please hang around. We really do like to help. We just have a lot of slackers come here who want us to do their homework for them. - KevinB, Sep 20, 2010

BTW, the answer you selected as correct by MacFadden is, indeed, correct. He knows his stuff. Just don't ask him to do your homework for you. :-) - KevinB, Sep 20, 2010

Answer 4

Ustedes is the plural form of Usted. And Usted is the formal version of tú. So essentially it is the formal, plural you.

And in L.Amer. also the informal, you all. - 0074b507, Sep 20, 2010