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Te is informal? (Spanish)

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tuffy
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21 December 2005 at 4:56pm | IP Logged 
I know the sentence "Te lo dije antes" and I thought that TE was informal. But a translation program didn't turn the TE into LE when I choose the option formal.
Isn't this correct then?

Te lo dije antes (informal)
Le lo dije antes (formal)

Te is informal and le formal, correct??
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patuco
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 Message 2 of 3
21 December 2005 at 5:06pm | IP Logged 
tuffy wrote:
Te is informal and le formal, correct??

Yes, but in your example, you should use "se" for the polite, i.e.

Te lo dije antes = I told you earlier (informal)
Se lo dije antes = I told you earlier (polite)
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tuffy
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21 December 2005 at 6:26pm | IP Logged 
Ah ofcourse, Se indeed.


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