Answer please

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ActivePassive

Member

Anyang, South Korea

AE - Native Speaker

How might a Spanish teacher in a Spanish class ask her students to please answer a question?

Would it be, "(Student's name), conteste por favor.”

👁 blasita

blasita

Senior Member

Spain - Spanish

Yes, that's fine.

But e.g. in Spain (depending on the institution and the students' age), you could use the form 'tú'; I'd say for example: X, ¿podrías/puedes responder/contestar (tú a la pregunta), por favor? (Quite formal) ¿Contestas/Respondes tú, X, por favor? (A bit more direct and less formal) X, responde tú (a la pregunta), por favor.

I'm too polite and would usually add 'por favor', but I don't think that it's actually necessary to do it all the time in this context.

Saludos.

Last edited: Jul 10, 2012

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ActivePassive

Member

Anyang, South Korea

AE - Native Speaker

So if it was a highschool class in America for first or second year students, what would be the best option?

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blasita

Senior Member

Spain - Spanish

Well, in Spanish from Spain, you would normally use 'tú' in that case -at least I would (e.g. X, ¿puedes (tú) contestar/responder a la pregunta, por favor?), but as I said, it may well depend on the region and the school.

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sergio_h

Member

Spanish

ActivePassive said:

So if it was a highschool class in America for first or second year students, what would be the best option?

I would say:
"(Student's name), ¿puedes contestar a la pregunta, por favor?” or "(Student's name), contesta a la pregunta, por favor.”

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