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  • In spanish there are two ways to refer to people, one is formal and another one is informal. When you want to talk to someone in a formal way you must use verbs in a special form with a special personal pronoun called “usted”.

    Formal way: “Usted es muy guapo” (You are so handsome).
    Informal way: “Eres muy guapo” (You are so handsome).

    Look how in the first sentence we used “usted” and then we used the verb “ser” in third person and in present tense. In the second example we use directly the verb “ser” in imperfect tense. I could wrote “Por favor, usted apile las sillas al final del día. Gracias”, but that’s too much formal, to the point that can be felt like passive-agressive to some people, since people doesn’t use “usted” too often before the verb. Even you can say “Es muy guapo” too keep the formal but more in a casual way.

    I’m a native speaker, not a teacher or something, so, please, refer to this site to get more information. https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usted