Thread: The use of "vosotros" / "ustedes"

Hello everybody!

I would really like the opinion of a native speaker on this matter :P. How strange it is for someone living in Latin America to hear "vosotros" instead of "ustedes" and the other way around? Could someone please give some examples on the different uses.

Thank you so much!

Oana

Hi,
I am not a native spanish speaker but i know that in some latin american countries, people tend to speak with usted (for a formal you), ustedes (this one is for multiple persons). In some other countries, such as colombia and argentina, they mostly use the "vosotros" such as "vos me entendeis?" when in another country such as venezuela they would say "usted me entiende?"

Did you understand?

Hola. In México, the use of "vosotros" or "vos" practically doesn't exist. In my country the pronouns are:

Yo amo
Tú amas
Él/Ella ama
Nosotros/nosotras amamos
Ustedes aman
Ellos/Ellas aman

When we hear someone using "vosotros" or "vos" we immediately know he or she is a foreigner (or pretends to be one). Hope this helps.

Thank you so much! all the answers have been extremely helpful! I am really grateful that you took the time to reply to my post. Have a lovely day everyone!

Oana

Hi oana, in Spain, the use of vosotros is frequent.

So we must add to Carlos' conjugation the second person plural:

vosotros amáis

In Spain voseo and the verb conjugated like in mem's post sound definitely foreign.