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Why can the third person plural also mean ‘you’ like second person but never ‘we‘ like first person?
For this sentence:
Siento decirles que quedan sin trabajo.
Why can quedan sometimes mean “you are” but never “we are”?
Is it because quedan is a third-person plural for quedar?
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Is there a Spanish equivalent to Ms.?
As far as I can tell, the honorifics to address a woman are:
Señora (Sra.) which is equivalent to "Mrs." and is used to address a married woman;
Señorita (Srta.) which is equivalent to "Miss" and is ...
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