What is the difference between ahi and alli???

Question

Is one more formal than the other?

Answer 1

Actually, "allí" is incorrect, people tends to confuse this due the way some people pronunce the word "ahí". Remember in Spanish "h" doesn't have any sound, only when is after a "c". Due this, the right pronunciation for "ahí" is just "aí " with the right accent at the end. . If you want to say "over there" then you use " allá ", here, the double "L" sounds like "G" in the name Giovanni,

Answer 2

Actually, allí is correct, according to three of my text books and also in Merriam-Websters Spanish English Dictionary.

Answer 3

Both ahí and allí have accents.

Ahí refers to 'there', (probably fairly close by, but you can't reach it). Allí refers to 'over there', even further away than ahí.