What does Vos mean?

[Sugah Ray]

Originally Posted by Miserere

Really? A region inhabited by Argentinians?

LOL

I think he is confusing it with "vosotros"

[Chris-O]

if you are visiting Argentina or you planning to stay here, I d recommend you to use it. If you want to mingle and mix with the locals best use forms we locals find it normal.
Tu is also known and used BUT it clearly dispels that you are coming from Mexico or Central or Caribean Andean regions.

it s up to you mate

Just for the record, we argies are not using VOS all the time, it s sort of implied, like a passive voice
Sometimes it pops up but is there like a quick breeze

[JohnnyRobert]

I notice that sometimes my parents don't pronounce the S and instead it sounds like a j

[EduardoFinatto]

In portuguese we have vós. It's almost extinct, people only use it when they want to be extremely polite.

[Sugah Ray]

Originally Posted by EduardoFinatto

In portuguese we have vós. It's almost extinct, people only use it when they want to be extremely polite.

So it's like Vosotros in Latin America.

[Ruth4Truth]

In Central America it seems to be used instead of "tu" when the speaker wants to connote a close relationship; a good friend, relative, anyone they feel a special bond with. I've never heard it used in Ecuador.

[unitedstatian]

[quote=Chris-O;35566180]if you are visiting Argentina or you planning to stay here, I d recommend you to use it. If you want to mingle and mix with the locals best use forms we locals find it normal.
Tu is also known and used BUT it clearly dispels that you are coming from Mexico or Central or Caribean Andean regions.

it s up to you mate

Just for the record, we argies are not using VOS all the time, it s sort of implied, like a passive voice
Sometimes it pops up but is there like a quick breeze[/quote ]

In countries that use "tu" dont use vos, it sounds old and antiquated and kind of funny it reminds me of Don Quixote and Sancho, and it also a sign that you are either a Salvadoran or Argentinian.

[unitedstatian]

Originally Posted by JohnnyRobert

and how do you say it in English, which countries are known for using vos instead of tu?

You are Salvadorian. You should know better. Using that word does not make a country or its people more sophisticated in case thats the answer you expected.

[cholo57]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

In Central America it seems to be used instead of "tu" when the speaker wants to connote a close relationship; a good friend, relative, anyone they feel a special bond with. I've never heard it used in Ecuador.

Did you visit the Andean/Sierra region of Ecuador?
Indigenous descent Ecuadorians are more likely to use it.