the second person plural

[Jane]

I noticed that people from Columbia don´t use the 2nd person plural, i.e vosotros/vosotras the way we use it here in Spain.
I´m still having a bit of a hard time reconciling their usage to what I learnt in my Spanish classes.
Does this happen in the rest of the Spanish speaking countries?

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Jane

I noticed that people from Columbia don´t use the 2nd person plural, i.e vosotros/vosotras the way we use it here in Spain.
I´m still having a bit of a hard time reconciling their usage to what I learnt in my Spanish classes.
Does this happen in the rest of the Spanish speaking countries?

The 2nd person plural is not used in Latin America (Western Hemisphere). What you learned in your Spanish classes is glossed over in this hemisphere. Its use in the older versions of the Bible, though, ensures that many will understand it, but won't use it in everyday communication.

[Tomisimo]

Y cabe agregar, in the Americas, they use ustedes in place of vosotros/vosotras.

Also the second person singluar informal in some areas is vos instead of tu.

In Costa Rica, they use almost exclusively usted and ustedes for everyone (no tu/vos/vosotros). I often heard little children fighting, calling each other names in usted. Or also, parents talking to their children in usted.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by Tomisimo

Y cabe agregar, in the Americas, they use ustedes in place of vosotros/vosotras.

Also the second person singluar informal in some areas is vos instead of tu.

In Costa Rica, they use almost exclusively usted and ustedes for everyone (no tu/vos/vosotros). I often heard little children fighting, calling each other names in usted. Or also, parents talking to their children in usted.

Agreed. I've mentioned this before. In neighboring countries to Costa Rica, they use vos instead of tu. I thought I wrote something about that conjugation, but I couldn't find it. If anyone wants more information about vos, there is sure to be something on the Internet.