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Jan Mikhail Sanchez (Mike)
What is the difference between "У вас есть ..." and "У тебя есть"? [Russian]
What is the difference? What makes them differnet? How would you use both of them?
Aug 23, 2008 4:03 AM
Answers · 3
If I want to ask a child or a friend I’ll say - у тебя есть?
If I want to ask more than one child of friend I’ll say – у вас есть?
If I want to ask an old or unfamiliar man I’ll say – у Вас есть?
The same is when I ask some old or unfamiliar men.
It sounds similar but if you should write it you have to use the capital letter B.
Of course «у Вас есть» is used in shops, restaurants and with unknown people in other institutions.
August 23, 2008
"У тебя есть" is for other, and it is more familliar
August 23, 2008
"У вас есть" is for plural
"У Вас есть" is polite variant for 1 person
August 23, 2008
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