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Subjunctive forms of IR

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Ok so this website list the subjunctive forms of IR as "vaya, vayas" etc... but I always hear it as "ve, ves" etc.. why is that?

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updated Nov 14, 2009
edited by jeezzle
posted by jeezzle

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HI jeez, I think the confusion lies in the terminology.

Ve is the imperative form of "tú"

Ves is a confused form of the same, yes, I know, us natives don't know no good grammarwink

Vaya etc is the the subjunctive which is used as imperative for the polite form usted

updated Nov 14, 2009
posted by 00494d19
Ok. That makes sense. - jeezzle, Nov 14, 2009