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Old November 01, 2008, 04:54 PM
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okay ^^ yes, I am getting better at Spanish, but mostly writing. I don't like talking and I don't talk much. :P
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Old January 28, 2009, 07:53 AM
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No - he referred to her as Usted because he was a humble faun in the other world, and he knew she was a princess.

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Old January 28, 2009, 11:23 AM
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really? interesting. wait, what's a faun?
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I'm holding the script of "El laberinto del fauno" in my hand and the Faun addresses Ofelia, the little girl, with "vos": "Vos sois la princesa Moanna...". So it's actually not 'vosotros'. The director (and screenwriter) is Mexican, where 'voseo' is not generally used, so it's a little odd.
I haven't read this thread because I do not have seen the movie.
But in the given example, Sancho Panther is right.
It's not a "voseo" form, is a form of address ( similar to a high-level "Usted", it's used with "usted" verbs declination).
Vos is the form fo persons with greatness.
In this example, the humble faun must speak to vos to the princess.
It's like the japanese "-san" (Usted) or "-sama" (Vos)
Very usual in medieval times. Examples
"Vos, Don Quijote, sois la persona que estaba esperando"
"Vos, gran rey, espero que me concedais este favor"
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vos. (Del lat. vos).
1. pron. person. Forma de 2.ª persona singular o plural y en masculino o femenino, empleada como tratamiento. Lleva preposición en los casos oblicuos y exige verbo en plural, pero concierta en singular con el adjetivo aplicado a la persona a quien se dirige. Vos, don Pedro, sois docto; vos, Juana, sois caritativa. En la actualidad solo se usa en tono elevado.

2. pron. person. Arg., Bol., C. Rica, El Salv., Nic., Par., Ur. y Ven. Forma de 2.ª persona singular. Cumple la función de sujeto, vocativo y término de complemento. Su paradigma verbal difiere según las distintas áreas de empleo. En México, u. c. rur.
So VOS
1.- form of address.
2.- "Tu" in someplaces of the world (Argentina, Bolivia, Costa Rica,.....)
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