How I can say that''Have you ever heard ~?'' in Spanish??? Is it impolite or more natural to ask that than'Do you know~?' in Spanish??? I am really curious how I could ask them without making offend

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How I can say that''Have you ever heard ~?'' in Spanish??? Is it impolite or more natural to ask that than'Do you know~?' in Spanish??? I am really curious how I could ask them without making offended.

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How I can say that''Have you ever heard ~?'' in Spanish???

¿Alguna vez escuchaste...?

Ej:

¿Alguna vez escuchaste J-Pop?

Have you ever heard (or listened) J-Pop?

Is it impolite or more natural to ask that than'Do you know~?' in Spanish???

¿Conoces...?

¿Conoces Detective Conan? / ¿Conoces este animé?

¿Do you know Detective Conan?

I am really curious how I could ask them without making offended.

I think "Do you know...?" is more usual than "Alguna vez escuchaste...?". But both are right and none of them is impolite. Maybe "Do you know...?" is more natural. Also, in Spanish, if you want to speak formal you should say "¿Usted conoce...?", "¿Usted alguna vez ha escuchado?" but we usually only talk this formal to people we barely know or to older people than us.

By the way, you shouldn't ask question here, you should write something in Spanish and let me help you to improve. Whatver, I hope this helps!^^.

It's more polite to say :Alguna vez has escuchado sobre....etc?. Lo importatnte del español no es siempre como este estructurada nuestra gramatica si no el modo como nos expresemos. Sonrie cunado debas hacerlo y se seria cuando la situacion lo amerite. De este modo te ganaras a cualquier hablante.

I think that it depends in the way that you say it... I'm not really sure if other countries ''tutean'', but in Colombia we ''tuteamos'', specially in Bogotá. It's a speech that people use when they talk to close people, I mean, when there's confidence... for example: HAVE YOU EVER HEARD? *FORMAL: Alguna vez usted ha oído...? *INFORMAL: Alguna vez has oído...?-----with ''Tuteo'' DO YOU KNOW? *FORMAL: Usted sabe...? *INFORMAL: Tú sabes?------with ''Tuteo'' Both ways are ok, and you're not disrespectful, but it depends to the person that you're with. It's not good if you ''tutea'' to someone strange or that has a high range... For some people can be disrespectful and it's for the unique fact that it's just used when you have confidence with the other person. Or well, it's my point of view!!

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