Thursday 24 April 2014

Who Do You Mean?

SCENARIO



Imagine you are talking to a relative, a friend or a colleague about one of your acquaintances. Unable to establish who you mean, the other person says: "who do you mean?"

In Spanish, the other person could choose to be less formal and say:
¿A quién te refieres?

Alternatively, he/ she could choose to be more formal and say:
¿A quién se refiere (usted)?


TIPS

Responding should be quite straightforward. However, before you reply, you should decide how you are going to refer to the person you mean*.



If the person you are meaning is a male (his name is Pedro Botero) and you want to refer to him in an informal manner, you could say:
  • Me refiero a Pedro Botero (I mean Pedro Botero);
  • Me refiero a mi amigo Pedro Botero (I mean my friend Pedro Botero);

* NB See examples of replies when meaning:




Now you should practise answering the question:
¿A quién te refieres?

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