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usted = tú
if usted = tú = you, then why is "Usted escribe unas cartas" correct? Would you say "Tú escribe?"
May 24, 2012
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A simpler way of explaining this, perhaps, is that "Usted" and "Tú" are like "thou" and "you" in English.
You have to use a different verb ("You have", but "Thou hast"). Spanish, unlike English, still has the formal pronouns. So they're not exactly the same. They both refer to the person you're talking to, but one is formal and the other isn't.
I'm not an expert here, but that's how it makes sense to me.