Señora Swiecki
I just watched a sub-titled movie in which they used the "vosotros" command to address a single person. Was there a time in Spain when this was acceptable or could this be an inaccurate translation?
3 Answers
If it's afilm about things in say, Queen Isabellas's time it's correct.
It works exactly like ' vous ' in French.
It's died out, but you come across it in old books.
No, no es correcto. "Vosotros" siempre se refiere a más de una persona, tanto en España como en Latinoamérica.
"Vos" puede usarse para una o varias personas, pero siempre se conjuga en plural (vos sois). Actualmente, sólo se escucha en Sudamérica (en Argentina se dice vos en lugar de tú). En España no se escucha, tan sólo tenemos referencias en la literatura; sería el equivalente al actual "Usted / Ustedes" (Vd. / Vds.)
Yes, as Annierats says, it is correct.
In the movie "Pan's Labyrinth" for example, they use "vos" when addressing the princess.
Usted or Vuestra Merced (Your Grace) came from a form of addressing nobility by commoners. Os, vuestra/o, and 2nd person plural verbs are used to address an individual who is a King, Queen, prince, princess.
