@NativePortlander1970 miami

@Animalvan Is Cuban Spanish your native tongue, did you live with the refugees in the barrios?

@Jenny1234 I wonder why it's being included in the duolingo Spanish lesson🤔. All it's explaining is that tu is informal and usted is formal .

@iamnikki my guess is it’s just a reinforcement to beginners that you use estas when referring to “Tu”.

I’m also curious as to whether it could be a part of the dialect from Spain. I haven’t been on the Duolingo app in a couple of years so I don’t remember which dialect of Spanish they use

@iamnikki ok I reread your comment. I think they’re teaching the beginners the way to get used to understanding the difference between formal and informal: Como esta usted v como estas tu.

Although, as per my earlier comment, it could still be part of a dialect

@basilfawlty89 Is it? I mean, the Italian equivalents at least ("come stai?" v. "come stai tu?") are perfectly interchangeable, even in formal contexts; I would use the longer form only if it isn't clear who I'm addressing, at most

@Elessar it is, somewhat unnecessary. You can add it for fancy Spanish, but it's inferred. It's not uncommon in Indo-European languages. You find the same in Armenian and Gaelic.