Breakdown of ¿Pueden ustedes firmar aquí, por favor?
aquí
here
poder
to be able to
por favor
please
firmar
to sign
ustedes
you (formal, plural)
Questions & Answers about ¿Pueden ustedes firmar aquí, por favor?
Since this is Spanish from Spain, why is it ustedes instead of vosotros?
In Spain, vosotros is used for "you all" when speaking informally to friends or family. Ustedes is the formal version, used when talking to a group of people you do not know well or in a professional setting, like asking clients to sign a document.
Why does ustedes use pueden? Isn't that the "they" form?
Yes! Even though ustedes means "you" (plural), it always takes the exact same verb endings as ellos and ellas (they). So, while ellos pueden means "they can", ustedes pueden means "you (all, formal) can".
Why is ustedes placed right after pueden?
Why is firmar (to sign) left in its dictionary form instead of being conjugated?
When two verbs go together like "can sign", only the first verb changes to match the person doing the action. Because we already changed the first verb to pueden (can), the second verb firmar stays in its basic dictionary form (the infinitive).
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