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Old August 18, 2011, 06:37 AM
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OK - thanks. Different verb needed. That su still remains irritatingly unspecific for me though, when I'm used to a his/her or sein/ihr.
There is no doubt about that.

A joke in Spanish to illustrate some more.

Un jefe sospecha que uno de sus empleados pudiera estar robando dinero de la empresa, y decide contratar a un detective privado. Al cabo de una semana, el detective se presenta a dar su primet reporte y dice:

- Señor, el tipo parece estar limpio, aunque la única actividad sospechosa es a la hora de almuerzo. El tipo sale de la oficina alrededor de las 12pm, se va a su casa, tiene relaciones amorosas apasionadamente con su señora, después se fuma uno de sus habanos, se viste y se viene a la oficina.

- ¡Entonces no me está robando!

- ¡Señor, usted no me está entendiendo! ¿Lo puedo tutear?

- Claro, contesta muy contento porque el empleado en cuestión no le estaba robando.

- El tipo sale de la oficina alrededor de las 12pm, se va a su casa, tiene relaciones amorosas apasionadamente con su señora, después se fuma uno de sus habanos, se viste y se viene a la oficina.

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Old August 18, 2011, 07:31 AM
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Except the punch line makes no sense without tu/tus

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OK - thanks. Different verb needed. That su still remains irritatingly unspecific for me though, when I'm used to a his/her or sein/ihr.
I can understand that. In the spoken language we use "su" for the 3rd person very seldom, if ever.

We usually say "la casa de él/ella/ellos/ellas.

In the second person (usted or ustedes) we do use "su", but if we notice there might be any confusion, we say "la casa de usted/ustedes".

Unfortunately, that's not something that happens very frequently in the written language

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- El tipo sale de la oficina alrededor de las 12pm, se va a tu casa, tiene relaciones amorosas apasionadamente con tu señora, después se fuma uno de tus habanos, se viste y se viene a la oficina.
This is what you meant dear Chileno, right?

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Old August 18, 2011, 07:50 PM
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Except the punch line makes no sense without tu/tus
Ah! you caught it!

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