"Hablar con" y "hablar a."

Question

I see a question regarding English "Talk with" versus "Talk to" has already been asked and answered, but I'm interested to know if Spanish alternatives exist for talking with someone (a conversation), and talking to someone (an address). In English we normally use "to" in both circumstances. eg "I talk to her" and "I talk to the class" but we could use "with" for either. I know that in Spanish "con" is used for conversations, but is it also used for addressing people: "Hablo con la clase" o "Hablo a la clase"?

Answer 1

Talk with-> Hablar con... Ejemplo: Hablar con mi hermana->Talk with my sister

In Spain we use to talk with to say that we are talking with anybody and he is talking to us Yo hablo con mi hermana <-I talk with my sister and she talk to me.

Talk to->Hablar a... Ejemplo: Hablar a Rick

We use Talk to if you are talking with anybody but he dont answer you or he/she is not talking to you. Yo hablo a Rick <-But Rick dont answer you or Rick is not talking.

Talk to is like speak to, and talk with is ->talk with

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Gracias. Eso es muy logico. - jellonz, Mar 2, 2015

Welcome to SpanishDict. - rac1, Mar 2, 2015

Welcome and thanks for the answer! A little correction for you....'somebody' rather than 'anybody' - billygoat, Mar 2, 2015