Mini‑quiz: vosotros vs. ustedes en la oficina tech

Mini-quiz: elegir entre vosotros/ustedes en anuncios internos y mensajes al cliente.

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Dannis

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Programming Work: offices and call centers Pronouns Verbs

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vosotros ustedes no hagáis hagan deployáis/desplegáis despliegan

Anuncio interno en Slack (equipo en Madrid): «Por favor, ____ deploy en producción hoy.»

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Hints for this Quiz

Think about the tone: it’s your own team in Madrid (informal).

Internal message to a team in Spain → informal plural = "vosotros", so "no hagáis". Formal plural (and in Latin America, always) is "ustedes": "no hagan". Negative commands are formed with the Subjuntivo forms.

In Latin America "vosotros" is not used — it’s always "ustedes".

For clients in Latin America, the plural form of address is "ustedes". In the negative imperative that gives "no hagan" (Subjuntivo).

The context is an internal note for your team in Spain.

Internally in Spain people normally use "vosotros" → "desplegáis". "despliegan" is the form for "ustedes/ellos". "deployáis" is sometimes used as Spanglish IT slang, but the standard form is "desplegáis" (from "desplegar").

Figure out: this is your own department (vosotros) and it’s an affirmative command.

A positive command to a team in Spain → "vosotros". The affirmative imperative for "vosotros" is formed by replacing -r with -d: "leer → leed". For "ustedes" it would be "lean".

Formal address to external clients = "ustedes".

When addressing customers in Spain, you choose the polite plural → "ustedes": "comenten" (3rd person plural Subjuntivo).

The message is addressed to clients, not colleagues.

A public message to clients → "ustedes". In the negative imperative we use Subjuntivo forms: "no envíen" (ustedes). "no enviéis" is for "vosotros", i.e. for an internal team in Spain.