The Difference between ‘vos’ and ‘tú’:
¡Hola! Soy Romina Romaniello tu profesora de español de Hola Spanish. Do you know what day it is? It’s Hola Tuesday! That’s right. How was your weekend? Brenda and I had such a great time laughing till our stomachs hurt doing Saturday’s post for Instagram about different feelings in Spanish (happy, sad, angry and in love). We set up the camera on selfie mode and called out different emotions to pull a face for the photo. It was particularly funny because Brenda was pulling the most outrageous facial expressions! If you haven’t seen the post, here it is. It was a lot of fun!
As you know Brenda Romaniello and I are from Argentina and today it’s a public holiday, it’s Argentine Independence Day! ¡Feliz día de la independencia!
9 July marks the independence of Argentina from Spain which was declared on 9 July 1816. Today apart from being a public holiday, it’s also a day when we embrace and celebrate Argentinean culture and traditions. The day is celebrated by patriotic events such as speeches, parades, fireworks and military demonstrations, and is a popular time for family reunions with HUGE lunches and A LOT of food. Argentina is in the Southern hemisphere and therefore our independence day is in winter. This factor makes eating warm food and drinking ‘mate’ or hot chocolate a distinctive feature in the celebration.
Today we’re going to learn some vocabulary related to our independence day:
-Día de la independencia Independence day
-La patria Homeland
-Bandera Flag
-Himno nacional National anthem
-Fuegos artificiales Fireworks
-Empanadas Argentinean pies
-FolKlore traditional dance from the Argentinean gauchos
-Gaucho Argentinean cowboy
-El mate Argentinean tea
-Locro a thick stew with corn, beans, and potato or pumpkin soup
-El truco Argentinean card games similar to poker
Now, let’s get to your Hola Tuesday Spanish lesson, today we’ll have a look at the difference between ‘vos’ and ‘tú’.
Both mean ‘you’ in English, but, when do we use one instead of the other? What’s the difference between them?
Vos is mainly used in Argentina, Uruguay and parts of Colombia.
Tú is mainly used in the rest of Latin America and Spain.
In today’s lesson I will explain the origin of ‘vos’ and how it came to be adopted and used in those countries. Also we’re going to learn when to use ‘vos’ in comparison with other more formal versions of you such as ‘usted’ and the plural you ‘vosotros’. Watch the lesson below:
Now we would love to hear from you. Would you use ‘vos’ or ‘tú’ when you speak Spanish? Leave us your comment below. We hope you liked this lesson. ¡Adiós! ¡Hasta Luego!