Why is the "vosotros" form used only in Spain?

Question

Why is vosotros form is just used in spain?why cant we use it in other countries?

Answer 1

Why is vosotros form is just used in spain?why cant we use it in other countries?

Why is the vosotros form only is just used in Spain? Why can't we use it in other countries?

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Answer 2

You can use it, and people is going to understand you. In America we don't use it because we use the "ustedes", that has an easier conjugation (it's the same than the third person plural, "ellos/as"), so we "save" a conjugation. "Vosotros" sounds a bit unnatural to us, coming from someone that's not Spaniard.

The "vosotros" is the familiar form of plural "you", and "ustedes" is the formal form.

In singular, "tú" is the familiar form, and "Usted" is the formal one. In Argentina and Uruguay the familiar form is "vos", wich is just as correct, but nobody outside those countries will use it naturally.

(In English you lost the familiar form of you, "thou")

Examples:

• You (pl.) eat: ustedes comen/vosotros coméis
• They eat: ellos comen

• You (sing.) eat: Usted come/tú comes/vos comés

• You (pl.) walk: ustedes caminan/vosotros camináis

• They walk: ellos caminan
• You (sing.) walk: Usted camina/tú caminas/vos caminás