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What's the difference between 'tu? and 'ti? referring to 'you? and what would be the English equivalent. Thank You '

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updated ABR 15, 2009
posted by Wannalearn

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There is no equivalence in English for tú/ti.

"Tú" is for subject pronouns, as in "You are invited".

"Ti" must be used instead of "tú" after most prepositions (a, contra, desde, hasta, hacia, por, para,...), except "entre" and "según".

"Te", on the other hand, is used for object pronouns, like in English "He likes him" (and not "He likes he"), where "he" is a subject pronoun, and "him" is an object pronoun.

Lazarus, I think you meant to say "after"'?

Mi maestro, lazarus makes some typo errors sometimes. Understandable. smile

Marco

updated ABR 15, 2009
posted by Marco-T
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There is no equivalence in English for tú/ti.

"Tú" is for subject pronouns, as in "You are invited".

"Ti" must be used instead of "tú" after most prepositions (a, contra, desde, hasta, hacia, por, para,...), except "entre" and "según".

"Te", on the other hand, is used for object pronouns, like in English "He likes him" (and not "He likes he"), where "he" is a subject pronoun, and "him" is an object pronoun.

Lazarus, I think you meant to say "after"''

updated ABR 15, 2009
posted by Natasha
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There is no equivalence in English for tú/ti.

"Tú" is for subject pronouns, as in "You are invited".

"Ti" must be used instead of "tú" in front of most prepositions (a, contra, desde, hasta, hacia, por, para,...), except "entre" and "según".

"Te", on the other hand, is used for object pronouns, like in English "He likes him" (and not "He likes he"), where "he" is a subject pronoun, and "him" is an object pronoun.

updated ABR 15, 2009
posted by lazarus1907
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So if you are a grammar nerd you could say that "tú" is "you" used as a subjective pronoun and "ti" is "you" used as an objective pronoun. "Ti" must have a preposition before it.

updated ABR 15, 2009
posted by Debiera
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They both mean you, but I think tú is used as a subject, and "ti? is used after 'para? and 'de.?
-Esta Coca-cola es para ti.
-Tú tienes mi bicicleta.

updated ABR 15, 2009
posted by Katie
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