Vosotros/Vosotras is driving me crazy!

Question

Yo tengo familia en Madrid y quiero aprender mas Español de España, pero tengo problemas cuando necesito hablar con vosotros. ¿Me podríais dar ejemplos como utilizar palabras de vosotros/vosotras?

¿Como, puedes decir ésto? Me llamo Christiah, pero me podéis llamar Christi.

Y por favor, corregirme si alguno de mi gramática es incorrecto. ¡Gracias!

Answer 1

In Spain we use:

tú (informal): you (singular) usted (formal): you (singular)

vosotros,vosotras (informal): you (plural, you guys,you all...) ustedes (formal): you (plural)

You need to learn the vosotros conjugation, for example, for the present indicative:

-ar verbs: hablar---- vosotros habl+áis. Vosotros habláis mucho. -er verbs: comer---- vosotros com+éis. Vosotros coméis arroz todos los días. -ir verbs: vivir--------- vosotros viv+ís. Vosotros vivís en España.

Also you need to learn the pronouns for this form:

Direct, indirect and reflexive pronoun: OS

Direct: Os quiero mucho. I love you very much. Indirect: Os escribí una carta la semana pasada. I wrote a letter to you the last week Reflexive: Os laváis las manos todas las mañanas. You wash your hands every morning.

And also you need to learn the rules for vosotros in imperative.

I hope this helps you! You can find useful Spanish tips in my website and also many interesting articles, maybe you should read some articles in Spanish from Spain so you can get used to the "vosotros" form

Gracias! - christiahlove, Aug 24, 2014

Answer 2

"Vosotros/as" is "ustedes" in Spanish, although they often use "ustedes" in formal manner instead "vosotros".

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You can see the correct conjugations in this link. Just put the verb that you want to conjugate on the search box.

Thank you! - christiahlove, Aug 10, 2014

Answer 3

One further clarification (perhaps very obvious) is that vosotras is the feminine, and refers to a group of all females. One male in the group requires you to you vosotros. It's the same as nosotros / nosotras.

Thank you! - christiahlove, Aug 14, 2014

Answer 4

Vosotros is just the plural of tú, so whenever you have more than one person that you'd use the tú form with you can use it.

A good gauge is if you are on first name terms with someone, if so, then tú is fine.

Perhaps you can think of it as 'you guys' - so your example is fine. My name is ... But you guys can call me ...

Muchisimas gracias! :) - christiahlove, Aug 10, 2014