which pronoun to replace ustedes?

Question

Which pronoun should be used in a phrase such as "I miss you guys"? Nos echo de menos?

Answer 1

HI rob, welcome to the forum, that would be:

Os hecho de menos. (used in Spain mainly)

Les echo de menos

Answer 2

According to this discussion the direct object pronouns are used with echar de menos (los/las), but so are the indirect object pronouns (les). [see the link included in one of the replies] It doesn't mention if this dative usage is a leísmo or not.

For Heidita it would not be. In Spain the leísmo deals only with the single, male lo being replace by le, so ustedes (les for los/las) would not pertain to the leísmo. And my head aches trying to understand all of the dative types. I just refer you to the thread.

La. En general, echar de menos va precedido por los pronombres me, te, la, lo, nos, os, las, los...

I always found the "leísmo" interesting. :) I don't use it, and one of my contacts from Spain thought using "lo" and "la" with people sounded horrible. - NikkiLR, Jan 30, 2012

Answer 3

muchos gracias, Heidita.

MuchAS gracias (because gracias is feminine) :) - FELIZ77, Jan 30, 2012