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Old October 26, 2022, 06:40 PM
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Aren't you the one they wanted to see?

I wanted to say, "Aren't you the one they wanted to see?" but I got lost in my translation thought process and now I have no idea what I ended up saying.

Now that I have time to think about it, I'm still not sure if any of the ways I can think to say it are correct.

The ways that come to mind are:

Aren't you the one they wanted to see?

¿No es usted el que quieren ver?

¿No es usted a que quieren ver?

¿No es usted a quien quieren ver?

¿No es a usted a quien quieren ver?


Which, if any, is correct?
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Old October 26, 2022, 07:06 PM
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¿No es usted al que quieren ver? (Personal "a" needed". By the way, it would be "a la que quieren ver" if it were a woman. Side note: although this way of speaking is quite common, I always prefer "quien" instead of "que" when talking about a person. It's more respectful.)

¿No es usted a que quieren ver?

¿No es usted a quien quieren ver?

¿No es a usted a quien quieren ver? (Not wrong, but redundant and therefore, not elegant, so not my first choice. You might hear this in colloquial speech though.)
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Old October 28, 2022, 10:44 PM
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Thank you, AngelicaDeAlquezar. Your response is appreciated.
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