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Hasisi

13 Dec 2018

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How should i call my female catalan teacher?
Senyora or senyors + her first name or family name?
I don't know if she is married.

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hslfillecs

13 Dec 2018

Catalan
Spanish (Spain)
English (US) Near fluent

I think is better Senyora(if she's married) or Senyorita (if she doesn't) + her first name. But, at least, where I live we don't use Senyora/Senyorita, we only use the first name. It feels like you're comfortable with her.

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Caga_i_fuig

13 Dec 2018

Catalan
Spanish (Spain)

Sí vols la meva opinió:
Jo diria "senyoreta"

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Saraipas

13 Dec 2018

Catalan
Spanish (Spain)

Hi! Senyora or senyoreta are old fashioned ways to talk with a teacher. nowadays only children usually use that expression, for example: "Senyoreta Anna, sóc el Pau".
but if you are a adult, only using her first name is ok.

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mxnobxn

14 Dec 2018

Catalan
English (US)
Spanish (Spain)

I would say “senyoreta” , it’s more respectful since “-eta” means younger or smaller. So, senyoreta + her first name

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Hasisi

14 Dec 2018

Japanese

What's the difference between senyorita and senyoreta?

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_andrea06

14 Dec 2018

Catalan
Spanish (Spain)

@Hasisi
"Senyorita" isn't correct, it comes from the Spanish where it is "señorita", so it is what we call a "barbarisme" that is when someone uses incorrectly an expression or word from another language. In Catalan it normally happens with Spanish, so the correct word in Catalan is "Senyoreta"

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How should i call my female catalan teacher?Senyora or senyors + her first name or family name? I don't know if she is married. See a translation

I think is better Senyora(if she's married) or Senyorita (if she doesn't) + her first name. But, at least, where I live we don't use Senyora/Senyorita, we only use the first name. It feels like you're comfortable with her.

Sí vols la meva opinió:Jo diria "senyoreta"

Hi! Senyora or senyoreta are old fashioned ways to talk with a teacher. nowadays only children usually use that expression, for example: "Senyoreta Anna, sóc el Pau".but if you are a adult, only using her first name is ok.

I would say “senyoreta” , it’s more respectful since “-eta” means younger or smaller. So, senyoreta + her first name

@Hasisi "Senyorita" isn't correct, it comes from the Spanish where it is "señorita", so it is what we call a "barbarisme" that is when someone uses incorrectly an expression or word from another language. In Catalan it normally happens with Spanish, so the correct word in Catalan is "Senyoreta"

How should i call my female catalan teacher?
Senyora or senyors + her first name or family name?
I don't know if she is married.

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Sí vols la meva opinió:
Jo diria "senyoreta"

Hi! Senyora or senyoreta are old fashioned ways to talk with a teacher. nowadays only children usually use that expression, for example: "Senyoreta Anna, sóc el Pau".
but if you are a adult, only using her first name is ok.

@Hasisi
"Senyorita" isn't correct, it comes from the Spanish where it is "señorita", so it is what we call a "barbarisme" that is when someone uses incorrectly an expression or word from another language. In Catalan it normally happens with Spanish, so the correct word in Catalan is "Senyoreta"