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In Spain it's the informal second person plural: i.e. if you're addressing a group of people whom you would individually address as tú then you use vosotros.
Endings: Present: -áis -éis -ís Preterite: -asteis -isteis -isteis Imperfect: -abais -íais -íais Future: -aréis -eréis -iréis Pres. subj: -éis -áis -áis Imp. subj: -arais/-aseis -ierais/-ieseis -ierais/-ieseis Cond: -aríais -eríais -iríais |
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It is the second person singular where formally or informally comes to play. Tú - informal/familiar Usted -formal What I am not sure of, as I don't remember, if "vos" for the second person in singular is formal or informal/familiar. I don't recall this anymore. |
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@Chileno: Archaic "vos" is more respectful than "usted", and is conjugated just like "vosotros".
The current use of "vos" in many Latin American regions is the perfect equivalent of "tú", and has a distinct conjugation. As for "vosotros" is used the way pjt said: to address a group of people with whom you'd use "tú" individually, but they say "ustedes" if they would use "usted" for each individual of the group. ![]()
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Brandon wasn't asking about vos (so he can choose to ignore my answer), but it is a replacement for tú and is, therefore, used with familiarity.
EDIT: I was speaking about the Latin American usage, not the archaic. |
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I vaguely remember repeating all the forms to be conjugated for the verb being examined... ![]() |
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Yes, Brandon, in addition to the previous answers, in Spain, when you want to be FORMAL, you use "usted/ustedes" (2nd person = you, singular/plural.)
Nowadays there is a tendency to be informal (in Spain), so majority of people uses the "vosotros" form, while addressing a group of people. If I give a lecture to 40 students or 200, if I am rather familiar with them, I will use "vosotros". But, for example, when I was 12, our language teacher (being Spanish Castilian) would address us with "ustedes" to make us "feel important/more adult" or grant us some [undeserved] respect. We were (or at least I was) a bit in "awe" about that way of addressing us. In Mexico (and many other Latin American countries), however, you will use the "ustedes" form any time, and you will not see/heard the form "vosotros" used. I hope I am not making this too complex. But ask if you have any question. ![]() |
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¿Vosotros tienen unas naranjas? You (plural) have the oranges?
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Con algunos sustantivos, como "casa" y "clase" no se suele usar: estoy en casa, estoy en clase. Pero: estoy en el trabajo, estoy en el cine, estoy en la iglesia. Detrás del verbo ser con profesiones, nacionalidades y religiones: es médico, es profesora de inglés, es alemán, es judío. Ya pensaré si hay algún caso más. ![]() ![]() |
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o Cuando estoy en la casa todo me parece mejor? |
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Esperar, you could also say, ¿Tienen naranjas? (In Latin America... but also in Spain, if you go to a grocery store that is not your common one, and you are not familiar with the clerks...) As a matter of fact, now that I think about this, specially in Barcelona where I used to live, if I was going to any store, I would address the clerk with "usted" and/or "ustedes". ¿Tienen [ustedes] auriculares Bose? (Do you have Bose headphones?) Póngame 300 gramos de jamón del país... If I was going to my usual place I would go, ¿Os han llegado ya los melones? (Have you gotten in the melons now? As the melon season is about to start...) |
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