See regional differences below. There are endless regional discrepancies when it comes to voseo in the Americas. Here are some examples:. There are some older people who would be extremely offended if a young person addressed them informally, and others who would be offended by the opposite.
The best way is to listen to how others are addressing the person. This is especially important in work environments. What Are Subject Pronouns? The easy answer is formality. On the other hand, the distinction can also be one of the pleasures of Spanish.
Download: This blog post is available as a convenient and portable PDF that you can take anywhere. Click here to get a copy. Each subject pronoun also has a different corresponding object pronoun , just like the English third-person:.
Te digo algo. To gain an even better understanding of the concept, check it out in context with FluentU. FluentU takes real-world videos—like music videos, movie trailers, news and inspiring talks—and turns them into personalized language learning lessons. You are my son. You are a student. Ella es tu secretaria.
She is your secretary. These are only the singular forms of the word you. The plural would be ustedes and vosotros. Ustedes is used more commonly, being used in every Spanish-speaking country. Vosotros is only used in Spain, so unless you want to go to Spain, you don't have to worry about learning vosotros. Ustedes and vosotros are used when you are referring to two or more people. In Spain, vosotros is used as the informal, and ustedes as the formal.
However, in almost every other Spanish-speaking country, ustedes is used as formal AND informal. You are my parents. You plural eat apples. EDIT: Vos is also used to mean "you. All the rest of the Spanish-speaking countries use both. The conjugation for vos is actually really simple. The only irregular ones are ser, ir, and haber.
The conjugation for them each, in order that I listed them, are sos, vas, and has.
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