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Regional Grammar: voseo (vos tenés), ustedes, and preterite vs perfect",null,{"type":49,"value":50,"toc":645},"minimark",[51,56,69,74,97,138,193,202,243,270,275,404,415,419,441,461,471,475,493,514,529,533,585,602,605,609],[52,53,55],"h1",{"id":54},"spanish-regional-grammar-voseo-ustedes-and-the-past-tense","Spanish Regional Grammar: voseo, ustedes and the past tense",[57,58,59,60,64,65,68],"p",{},"The Spanish taught in schools is a tidy, neutral standard, and it is useful precisely because it is neutral. But it is spoken by no one exactly as written, because the language runs across some twenty countries and it ",[61,62,63],"strong",{},"varies",". Most of that variation is words, and words are easy. What catches learners out is that the ",[61,66,67],{},"grammar"," shifts too - the verb, the pronoun, the tense. This page maps the structural differences you will genuinely meet, so that a regional standard sounds like a standard, not a slip.",[70,71,73],"h2",{"id":72},"voseo-vos-instead-of-tú","Voseo: vos instead of tú",[57,75,76,77,80,81,84,85,88,89,92,93,96],{},"Across ",[61,78,79],{},"Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay"," and much of ",[61,82,83],{},"Central America",", the informal singular \"you\" is not ",[61,86,87],{},"tú"," but ",[61,90,91],{},"vos",", and it drags the verb with it. The present-tense endings lose their diphthong and take ",[61,94,95],{},"final stress",":",[98,99,100,111,120,129],"ul",{},[101,102,103,106,107,110],"li",{},[61,104,105],{},"tú tienes"," -> ",[61,108,109],{},"vos tenés"," (you have)",[101,112,113,106,116,119],{},[61,114,115],{},"tú puedes",[61,117,118],{},"vos podés"," (you can)",[101,121,122,106,125,128],{},[61,123,124],{},"tú vienes",[61,126,127],{},"vos venís"," (you come)",[101,130,131,106,134,137],{},[61,132,133],{},"tú eres",[61,135,136],{},"vos sos"," (you are) - the big irregular one",[57,139,140,141,144,145,148,149,152,153,156,157,160,161,164,165,168,169,172,173,176,177,180,181,184,185,188,189,192],{},"Notice ",[61,142,143],{},"hablar",": ",[61,146,147],{},"tú hablas"," becomes ",[61,150,151],{},"vos hablás",", spelt almost the same but stressed on the final syllable. The pattern for ",[61,154,155],{},"-ar"," and ",[61,158,159],{},"-er"," verbs is \"chop the ",[61,162,163],{},"-r"," off the infinitive, add an accented ending\": habl",[61,166,167],{},"ar"," -> habl",[61,170,171],{},"ás",", ten",[61,174,175],{},"er"," -> ten",[61,178,179],{},"és",", and ",[61,182,183],{},"-ir"," verbs keep their vowel: viv",[61,186,187],{},"ir"," -> viv",[61,190,191],{},"ís",".",[57,194,195,196,198,199,201],{},"The affirmative command follows the same recipe - drop the ",[61,197,163],{},", accent the final vowel - which conveniently kills off the irregular ",[61,200,87],{}," commands:",[98,203,204,212,220,228],{},[101,205,206,106,209],{},[61,207,208],{},"tú: habla",[61,210,211],{},"vos: hablá",[101,213,214,106,217],{},[61,215,216],{},"tú: come",[61,218,219],{},"vos: comé",[101,221,222,106,225],{},[61,223,224],{},"tú: vive",[61,226,227],{},"vos: viví",[101,229,230,106,233,236,237,106,240],{},[61,231,232],{},"tú: ten",[61,234,235],{},"vos: tené",", ",[61,238,239],{},"tú: ven",[61,241,242],{},"vos: vení",[57,244,245,246,249,250,252,253,256,257,260,261,263,264,156,267,192],{},"One crucial mercy: ",[61,247,248],{},"only the subject pronoun and the verb change",". The object and possessive stay exactly as with ",[61,251,87],{},". So it is still ",[61,254,255],{},"te quiero"," (I love you) and ",[61,258,259],{},"tu casa"," (your house), never \"vos casa\". You say ",[61,262,91],{},", but you keep ",[61,265,266],{},"te",[61,268,269],{},"tu",[271,272,274],"h3",{"id":273},"tú-vs-vos-at-a-glance","tú vs vos at a glance",[276,277,278,300],"table",{},[279,280,281],"thead",{},[282,283,284,288,291,294,297],"tr",{},[285,286,287],"th",{},"Verb",[285,289,290],{},"tú (present)",[285,292,293],{},"vos (present)",[285,295,296],{},"tú (command)",[285,298,299],{},"vos (command)",[301,302,303,324,345,365,383],"tbody",{},[282,304,305,309,312,317,320],{},[306,307,308],"td",{},"ser",[306,310,311],{},"eres",[306,313,314],{},[61,315,316],{},"sos",[306,318,319],{},"sé",[306,321,322],{},[61,323,319],{},[282,325,326,329,332,337,340],{},[306,327,328],{},"tener",[306,330,331],{},"tienes",[306,333,334],{},[61,335,336],{},"tenés",[306,338,339],{},"ten",[306,341,342],{},[61,343,344],{},"tené",[282,346,347,349,352,357,360],{},[306,348,143],{},[306,350,351],{},"hablas",[306,353,354],{},[61,355,356],{},"hablás",[306,358,359],{},"habla",[306,361,362],{},[61,363,364],{},"hablá",[282,366,367,370,373,378,381],{},[306,368,369],{},"poder",[306,371,372],{},"puedes",[306,374,375],{},[61,376,377],{},"podés",[306,379,380],{},"-",[306,382,380],{},[282,384,385,388,391,396,399],{},[306,386,387],{},"venir",[306,389,390],{},"vienes",[306,392,393],{},[61,394,395],{},"venís",[306,397,398],{},"ven",[306,400,401],{},[61,402,403],{},"vení",[57,405,406,407,410,411,414],{},"(",[61,408,409],{},"Poder"," rarely appears as a command in either system.) So a Porteño saying ",[61,412,413],{},"¿vos sabés dónde está?"," (do you know where it is?) is speaking the settled grammar of forty million people, printed in newspapers and taught in schools.",[70,416,418],{"id":417},"ustedes-for-everything","Ustedes for everything",[57,420,421,422,425,426,429,430,433,434,436,437,440],{},"The second big structural fact is a subtraction. ",[61,423,424],{},"Latin America has no vosotros at all."," Where Spain splits the plural into informal ",[61,427,428],{},"vosotros"," and formal ",[61,431,432],{},"ustedes",", Latin America uses ",[61,435,432],{}," for ",[61,438,439],{},"both",", always with the third-person plural verb:",[98,442,443,450,456],{},[101,444,445,446,449],{},"Spain, to friends: ",[61,447,448],{},"vosotros tenéis"," hambre.",[101,451,452,453,449],{},"Spain, to strangers: ",[61,454,455],{},"ustedes tienen",[101,457,458,459,449],{},"Latin America, to anyone: ",[61,460,455],{},[57,462,463,464,466,467,470],{},"This actually makes life easier - one plural covers everything. If you are learning Latin American Spanish you can drop ",[61,465,428],{}," from your own speech, but you must still ",[61,468,469],{},"recognise"," it, because Peninsular films, books and songs lean on it constantly.",[70,472,474],{"id":473},"preterite-vs-present-perfect","Preterite vs present perfect",[57,476,477,478,481,482,485,486,489,490,96],{},"Now a tense preference. For a recent, still-today event, ",[61,479,480],{},"Peninsular Spanish"," - especially the centre and north - reaches for the ",[61,483,484],{},"present perfect",", while ",[61,487,488],{},"Latin America"," (and much of southern Spain) prefers the ",[61,491,492],{},"preterite",[98,494,495,505],{},[101,496,497,498,501,502],{},"Spain: ",[61,499,500],{},"Hoy he comido"," tarde. \u002F ",[61,503,504],{},"¿Ya has terminado?",[101,506,507,508,501,511],{},"Latin America: ",[61,509,510],{},"Hoy comí",[61,512,513],{},"¿Ya terminaste?",[57,515,516,517,520,521,524,525,528],{},"Both are correct. \"I have just eaten\" is ",[61,518,519],{},"acabo de comer"," everywhere, but where a Spaniard might add ",[61,522,523],{},"ya he comido",", a Mexican says plainly ",[61,526,527],{},"ya comí",". The safe habit: follow your region. Lean on the perfect for today-framed events in Spain, and on the preterite almost everywhere else.",[70,530,532],{"id":531},"leísmo-queísmo-and-a-diminutive-note","Leísmo, queísmo and a diminutive note",[57,534,535,536,539,540,543,544,144,547,436,550,553,554,557,558,561,562,565,566,569,570,573,574,577,578,436,581,584],{},"Two smaller wrinkles worth recognising. ",[61,537,538],{},"Leísmo"," is central and northern Spain using ",[61,541,542],{},"le"," where the standard wants ",[61,545,546],{},"lo",[61,548,549],{},"le vi",[61,551,552],{},"lo vi"," (I saw him). With a male person it is so common the Academia accepts it; with objects or with women it does not. ",[61,555,556],{},"Dequeísmo"," slips an unwanted ",[61,559,560],{},"de"," before ",[61,563,564],{},"que"," - ",[61,567,568],{},"pienso de que"," for the correct ",[61,571,572],{},"pienso que"," - and its mirror ",[61,575,576],{},"queísmo"," drops a needed one: ",[61,579,580],{},"me acuerdo que",[61,582,583],{},"me acuerdo de que",". Both are counted as errors, so learn the standard, but expect to hear them everywhere.",[57,586,587,588,144,591,594,595,236,598,601],{},"Finally, tone. Latin America, and Mexico especially, loves the ",[61,589,590],{},"diminutive",[61,592,593],{},"ahorita"," (right now, or soon, or never, depending), ",[61,596,597],{},"cerquita",[61,599,600],{},"un ratito",". It is not grammar exactly, but it colours a whole region's voice.",[57,603,604],{},"None of this is wrong. The site teaches one neutral standard so you have a clean start - but you will meet all of the above, and now you will know it for what it is.",[70,606,608],{"id":607},"see-also","See also",[98,610,611,619,626,637],{},[101,612,613,618],{},[614,615,617],"a",{"href":616},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fregister-formality","Register: tú, usted, vosotros and ustedes"," - the formal\u002Finformal axis that sits alongside the regional plural split.",[101,620,621,625],{},[614,622,624],{"href":623},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fimperative","The Spanish imperative"," - the standard tú and vosotros commands that voseo reshapes.",[101,627,628,156,632,636],{},[614,629,631],{"href":630},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fpreterite","The preterite",[614,633,635],{"href":634},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar\u002Fpresent-perfect","the present perfect"," - the two past tenses whose regional balance this page describes.",[101,638,639,640,644],{},"The ",[614,641,643],{"href":642},"\u002Fspanish\u002Fgrammar","Spanish grammar cheatsheet"," has the tú vs vos table on one card.",{"title":646,"searchDepth":647,"depth":647,"links":648},"",2,[649,653,654,655,656],{"id":72,"depth":647,"text":73,"children":650},[651],{"id":273,"depth":652,"text":274},3,{"id":417,"depth":647,"text":418},{"id":473,"depth":647,"text":474},{"id":531,"depth":647,"text":532},{"id":607,"depth":647,"text":608},"B2","The structural grammar that changes across the Spanish-speaking world: voseo (vos sos, vos tenés), ustedes for every plural, the preterite vs present perfect split, plus leísmo and queísmo.",[660,691],{"type":661,"instructions":662,"items":663},"fill-blank","Rewrite each sentence for the region marked in brackets. Convert tú to vos, or convert vosotros to ustedes, changing the verb to match.",[664,667,670,673,676,680,684,688],{"prompt":665,"answer":336,"hint":666},"Tú tienes razón. -> Vos ___ razón. (Argentina)","the vos form of tener",{"prompt":668,"answer":316,"hint":669},"Tú eres mi amigo. -> Vos ___ mi amigo. (Argentina)","the vos form of ser, no accent",{"prompt":671,"answer":356,"hint":672},"Tú hablas muy rápido. -> Vos ___ muy rápido. (Uruguay)","the vos form of hablar",{"prompt":674,"answer":377,"hint":675},"Tú puedes venir hoy. -> Vos ___ venir hoy. (Paraguay)","the vos form of poder",{"prompt":677,"answer":678,"hint":679},"¡Habla más despacio! -> ¡___ más despacio! (Argentina, command)","Hablá","the vos command of hablar",{"prompt":681,"answer":682,"hint":683},"Vosotros tenéis hambre. -> Ustedes ___ hambre. (Mexico)","tienen","the plural form of tener for ustedes",{"prompt":685,"answer":686,"hint":687},"Vosotros habláis español. -> Ustedes ___ español. (Peru)","hablan","the plural form of hablar for ustedes",{"prompt":689,"answer":395,"hint":690},"Tú vienes mañana. -> Vos ___ mañana. (Costa Rica)","the vos form of venir",{"type":692,"instructions":693,"items":694},"which-one","Choose the form that fits the region or the standard rule described.",[695,699,704,707,711,714],{"prompt":696,"answer":316,"options":697},"In Buenos Aires, a friend says: Vos ___ muy amable.",[316,698],"sois",{"prompt":700,"answer":701,"options":702},"In Mexico City, I've just eaten: Ya ___.","comí",[701,703],"he comido",{"prompt":705,"answer":703,"options":706},"In Madrid, today I've eaten late: Hoy ___ tarde.",[703,701],{"prompt":708,"answer":564,"options":709},"Standard, correct Spanish everywhere: Pienso ___ es buena idea.",[564,710],"de que",{"prompt":712,"answer":542,"options":713},"Typical of central Spain (leísmo): A Juan ___ vi ayer.",[542,546],{"prompt":715,"answer":336,"options":716},"In Argentina, the everyday you have: Vos ___ tiempo.",[336,331],"md",[719,722,725,728],{"q":720,"a":721},"What is voseo and where is it used?","Voseo is the use of vos instead of tú as the informal singular you, with its own present-tense and command forms. It is the everyday norm in Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay, and dominant across much of Central America (Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador) and parts of Colombia, Bolivia, Chile and Venezuela. The verb changes: vos tenés for tú tienes, vos sos for tú eres, vos podés for tú puedes. Crucially the object and possessive stay the same as tú: it is vos, but still te and tu. So te quiero and tu casa are unchanged; only the subject pronoun and the verb ending move. Voseo is a full regional standard, used in newspapers and schools in Argentina, not a slang or a dialect quirk.",{"q":723,"a":724},"Why is there no vosotros in Latin America?","Vosotros, the informal plural you of Spain, dropped out of Latin American Spanish centuries ago, so the entire region uses ustedes for every plural you, formal or informal. Where a Spaniard says vosotros tenéis to friends and ustedes tienen to strangers, a Latin American says ustedes tienen to both. The verb is always the third-person plural (tienen, hablan, quieren), which makes life simpler: one plural form covers every situation. If you learn Latin American Spanish you can drop vosotros from your own speech entirely, but you must still recognise it, since Spanish films, books and songs are full of it.",{"q":726,"a":727},"When do I use the preterite instead of the present perfect?","It is partly grammar and partly geography. Peninsular Spanish, especially the centre and north, uses the present perfect (he comido) for anything within today or the recent, still-felt past: hoy he comido tarde, ¿ya has terminado? Latin America, and much of southern and western Spain, prefers the preterite (comí) for the same idea: ya comí, ¿terminaste? Both are correct Spanish. For an English speaker the safe habit is to follow the region you are learning: reach for the perfect with recent, today-framed events in Spain, and lean on the preterite almost everywhere else, including for I have just done something, which Latin America renders as a plain acabo de plus infinitive or a simple preterite.",{"q":729,"a":730},"What are leísmo and dequeísmo?","Leísmo is using le where standard grammar wants lo, common in central and northern Spain: le vi (I saw him) instead of lo vi. Leísmo with a male person is so widespread it is accepted by the Real Academia, though leísmo with objects or with women is not. Dequeísmo is inserting an unnecessary de before que: pienso de que es tarde instead of the correct pienso que es tarde. Its mirror, queísmo, drops a de that should be there: me acuerdo que instead of me acuerdo de que. Both dequeísmo and queísmo are regarded as errors everywhere, so learn the standard version, but you will hear them constantly in speech across the whole Spanish-speaking world.","higher","The Spanish you learn in a classroom is a neutral, invented standard that nobody speaks in exactly that form, because the language is spread across twenty-odd countries and it varies. Most of that variation is vocabulary - coche or carro, ordenador or computadora - and vocabulary is easy: you meet a new word, you learn it. What surprises people is that the grammar itself shifts by region too, in ways that touch the verb, the pronoun and the tense. In Argentina you will be addressed as vos, not tú, and the verb changes to match: vos tenés, vos sos, vos podés. Across the whole of Latin America the informal plural vosotros simply does not exist, so ustedes covers everyone, friends and strangers alike. Ask a Madrileño what they had for lunch and you get a present perfect; ask a Mexican and you get a preterite. None of these is wrong, and none is slang. They are the settled grammars of hundreds of millions of native speakers. 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