Talk:elegir

Third person of Spanish

The third person columns, both singular and plural, in the Spanish conjugation table have wrong titles. Although the conjugations are right, what's wrong is naming "usted" and "ustedes" as third person. They are second person formal, a formal equivalent of "you" both singluar and plural.

The confusion can arise from the fact that the same conjugation is valid for third person as well as for second person formal. For example: él bebe / usted bebe. "he drinks / you (formal) drink".

Although the conjugations are the same, "usted" and "ustedes" can never be considered third person. They're second person formal.

They're right here: http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Spanish_conjugation#cite_note-usted3rdPerson-1 (and explained)