Usted Placement

Question

Can you please convert the following question in the most appropriate form of usted!

Also can you tell me a hard and fast rule for "Usted" placement.

¿Vas a jugar al tenis la semana que viene?

¿Por qué estás comprando una entrada?

¿Por qué llevas gafas de sol?

¿Cómo vas al trabajo?

¡Gracias!

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Answer 1

Let me add one more to that list:

Do you want us doing your homework?

Well said mate i like your comedic bent. - ray76, Jul 13, 2014

Answer 2

Well done in posting your attempt.

Word order in Spanish is much more flexible than in English but in questions I would tend to follow the verb with usted (like you did in the third example).

¿Por qué lleva usted gafas de sol?

¿Cómo va usted al trabajo ?

¿Por qué está usted comprando una entrada?

For this one, it's fine but be aware that the word order gives a slightly different nuance.

¿Usted va a jugar al tenis la semana que viene?

The way you have it really stresses the 'you'. Like 'You are going to play tennis? You who has never played in your life!' - that kind of thing.

If you want it to be a normal question with no particular stress on the fact that it's that person who may or may not be going to play tennis then you'd probably put the usted after jugar.

And for this final one I'd put Ud. after the verb phrase ...

¿Cuándo va a ir usted a la montaña?

I hope that helps.

So, would it be safe to say that, as a rule of thumb ,Usted should always be placed after the verb, in a question? - MaxMak, Jul 13, 2014

Answer 3

¿Cuándo vas a ir a la montaña?

This is written correctly as a simple question without anything more than the action of going to the mountain. If you place tú in front of cuándo or after vas, it emphasizes "you" and with more emphasis of "you" when placed after vas.

You should also note that this sentence and your first sentences are congugated in familiar you (tú) , so you cannot use usted in these sentences without first changing the verb conjugations as Kiwi-Girl has done.

I think that's what the whole exercise is about JC, and he has correctly conjugated the verbs in the Ud. form . - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 13, 2014

I get it now. Like he said "such humiliation!" - 005faa61, Jul 13, 2014

Lol - all G :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 13, 2014

Answer 4

Such humiliation :(

¿Por qué llevas gafas de sol? ¿Por qué usted lleva gafas de sol?

¿Cómo vas al trabajo? ¿Cómo va al trabajo usted?

¿Por qué estás comprando una entrada? ¿Por qué está usted comprando una entrada?

¿Vas a jugar al tenis la semana que viene? ¿Usted va a jugar al tenis la semana que viene?

¿Cuándo vas a ir a la montaña? ¿Cuándo usted va a ir a la montaña?

Why on earth would you be humiliated for posting your attempts? This is how we all learn. - rac1, Jul 13, 2014

bien hecho, un muy buen intento :) - Kiwi-Girl, Jul 13, 2014

Why humillation? - chileno, Jul 13, 2014

Answer 5

So, would it be safe to say that, as a rule of thumb ,Usted should always be placed after the verb, in a question? - MaxMak

Yes, I'd definitely say that the most common order of questions that contain an interrogative (question word) would be ... Interrogative + verb + subject (if there is one).

I wrote this free ebook a while ago on the subject that you're welcome to read if you'd like. Below the book is a quiz too that might help you practice

Answer 6

One more please :D

¿Cuándo vas a ir a la montaña?