The 5 Ways to Say YOU in Spanish ♫ 41

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Hello, I dentist B in many of those[inaudible] the podcast learned Spanish Khan salsa. Welcome to episode 41 of the learn Spanish con salsa podcast. In this episode we're going to talk about the five different ways to say the word you in Spanish. And now you might be thinking, are there really five ways to say you? You probably are familiar with who's dead, right? Because that's the most common one. That's what's taught in most courses, but it's probably not the most common way to say you in Spanish. So I'll talk a little bit about that as we go through. And I'll also give you some examples of not only how it's used, but also using you with some verbs. Because as you know, in Spanish there are different verb forms or conjugations for each, uh, subject pronoun, right? So, which is you, so I, you, he, she, we, et cetera. So I'm going to give you just a few examples of some, uh, verbs that use these as well as I letting you know what situations and where, uh, you would use these five different forms of you in Spanish. Okay? And you might just be surprised at some of these, you may be familiar with some, depending on your level. Um, but I guarantee there's going to be at least one that you may not be familiar with or you may not know exactly how aware is you. So stick around even if you feel like you're an intermediate and you already know this, um, I'm pretty sure you'll get some insight in this episode. All right, so let's get started with the five ways to say even Spanish[inaudible] number one is the one I already mentioned, which is very common and that is[inaudible] death. Okay? Now one, just quick note a pronunciation note about this word because it is one of the top pronunciation mistakes that English speakers who are learning Spanish make you. When you read it, you would say, Ooh, stead, right? Because in English we have that D sound. But if you listen closely and if you listen to how it's actually pronounced and why you might sound different than a native speaker if you haven't caught onto this, um, that D is actually more of like a T H sound in English. Okay. Not the hard like thug, right? Um, but more like the T H in the word though. Okay, so it's not Ooh stead, it's Ooh stead. Okay. It's a subtle difference. And again, if you say it was stead, people will understand you, but if you listen closely and I just challenge you the next time you hear this word a, you're listening to some audio or are watching a video in Spanish, I just gotta pay attention, look at the person's mouth and also listen a little closely and you'll hear it's actually, it was there and that who stead. Okay. So quick pronunciation note, I find that's always helpful. All right, so let's get to when is this use? Okay. Again, who's dev is probably the most commonly taught form of the word you in Spanish, but I would argue, probably not used as frequently. So the situations where you will hear this use is usually in a formal setting. So that's when, uh, for instance, um, I know I heard this a lot when I went to stay at a resort in Mexico, right? So I went to stay there. It was an all inclusive resort, um, that usually the way I travel, but I was at a resort in Mexico and all of the staff there when they spoke to me, uh, they would use oo stead because again, it was a formal situation for them because they are, um, you know, in the hospitality industry and they want to be very polite and very formal with the guests that are staying there, um, at the resort. So it was very, very common to hear who stead used in that situation. Um, another time you may hear it, this is again is very similar is if there is any type of business being conducted, uh, right. Um, whether you are, maybe you're on the phone and you're calling, um, I don't know, a bank or maybe calling an airline, airlines make a reservation. Anything where you're doing sort of a standard business transaction, it is very common to hear whose thin use, because again, this is a formal setting. Um, and it's also generally used with people you don't know very well or people who are older than you. Um, and it's a way to show respect, um, and again, politeness and uh, just to kind of let the person know that, uh, you have a level of respect for them and a level of seriousness, right? Um, you also may hear it used in work settings if you're in a meeting. Those are just some general examples are rule of thumb is[inaudible] is generally very formal. Now if you're trying to figure out if you should use[inaudible] or not, I'll give some, some tips, uh, towards the end about which ones of these you should really learn cause I really don't think it's necessary to master all five, right? You still have to learn all the other subject pronouns, right? So I have some guidance on how to really focus on which ones you are going to, um, sort of master or which ones you're going to use. Um, but it is important to understand, um, all five of them, I think just so you'll have some awareness of it and then you can make an informed decision about your Spanish study. Okay. So again, was was the first one most commonly taught, probably not as frequently, um, used, uh, because it is more for formal settings. Now I will say one caveat or exception to that, uh, if you heard our previous episode with an Andrea from Spanish land school who was from Columbia, she did mention that, you know, in her area of Columbia where she was from, that she actually uses[inaudible] with her family and in more informal settings. Okay. So there is some exceptions to that. So again, this is just a rule of them. Of course, as you start to talk to people more and you become more comfortable at Spanish, you will sort of catch which ones of these pronouns are used in different settings and in different places. Um, but I will say that Columbia over all I think has a reputation for having a slightly more formal Spanish and, and being more, um, I guess polite about the way they use the language, if that's the right word. Um, so you might find that in parts of Columbia that was, is a little more common than in other places. Okay. But again, just a rule of thumb, but this is the probably the one that you already knew. Okay. So I'll just go through a few quick conjugations for this. So just with some very common verbs. So I'll cover in all of these examples, the verb said, which is to be for permanent situations or characteristics. Um, I'll talk about the verb[inaudible] which is to have right, like to possess something. Um, I will just go through the present tense of each one of these just to give you an idea of how it's used. Uh, so in this case with the Nair, you would say boosted DNA. Okay. So that is you have, you also have, who's the S four? You are. Okay. So I, you may notice this is the same as L or H. so who stead L in Asia or this are the same for all the verbs. So that's just to give you an example of how you might hear it used moving on to the next way to say you in Spanish and this one you may be familiar with but you may not have thought of in this way. Um, because in English we only have one way to say you, right? So in Spanish there's all these different situations. Um, and the next one is, Ooh, stare this. Okay. Now you might be thinking, Oh, but that is for plural, right? So it's, you know that you stare this when you are talking to a group of people so that[inaudible] is you in English. She noticed in English, we really don't have a plural you right now, you might hear informally, like if you're in the South, you might hear people say, y'all, are you all right here in the U S or you might hear you guys if, again, if it's very informal, but in general, right in, in English grammar. Uh, there, there isn't a plural you, so we would just use you in English instead of[inaudible] because even when we're talking to a group, um, we generally don't say you all you guys, right? Especially in more of a formal presentation, we would just say you all right, so, so stay, this is the plural form of you in Spanish, but there is a caveat to that, right? Like most things in Spanish with Devis is not used in Spain. Okay. And I'll go over that one next. And some of you may already be familiar. Um, but[inaudible] is more common in Latin America. Okay. So in the Spanish speaking world, there is, there are some differences in grammar, which is why I always stress to people. It's important to know where people are from that you're talking to. Um, and I'll talk about that a little bit more in a future episode. I'm, and I'll give you some guidance to what type of Spanish you should learn because that is a big question people ask, you know, they're saying, you know, I'm, I'm just starting to study Spanish. I learned Spanish from Spain. Should I learn Spanish from Mexico? Like what type of Spanish should I learn? Um, and I will be covering that in the next episode because it also relates to figuring out which ones of these, uh, you forms that you should learn and really pay attention to. So I will cover that in more detail in the next episode. Um, but for now, just just kinda know in general that it was Dennis is used in Latin America. Okay. So for a couple of examples of this, so it was Dennis, um, with the verb sad is there this sewn? Okay. So, and again, this is also the same as Agios S[inaudible] sewn, uh, with the verb. Then Nair is[inaudible] the Yemen. Again, that's just to give you an idea of how you might hear it used. And as you know, in Spanish, sometimes you don't have to use a subject pronouns if it's clear who you are talking to, clue into. Um, Ooh, stare. This is his hearing, the conjugation of the verb. So I'll give you a good example of this and where I actually most often hear this because usually when you're having conversations, you're talking more one on one, but you will see this or the place I've most commonly seen it used is N Ted talks. Right? So I like to watch Ted talks in Spanish. And it's interesting because you know, they are addressing an audience. Um, a lot of times that is where you will here boost their, this used because they're addressing a group and they know they're talking to our broader audience online. So you might hear that if you see some videos online or some presentations that are given to a large group, you will hear[inaudible]. Okay. So, um, again, it's important to become familiar with that and know the congregation for, uh, for those scenarios. But I will say if you're, you know, thinking again of the order in which you need to learn these, I wouldn't put this at the top of the list. I would definitely say you need to learn it. But it is not the first one that I would suggest that you master if you're working on your Spanish grammar. And I will tell you by the end of the episode, which ones I think are the most important. Um, but again, it is very much dependent upon where you're learning Spanish and the type of Spanish you're learning. Okay. So that was the second way it was Dennis. The third way to say you in Spanish, I'm actually does have two forms and this is the one that's used in Spain. Um, and this is[inaudible]. Okay. And this again is when you're addressing a group of people, um, more informally, but this is used in Spain exclusively. I have not heard vosotros used anywhere else. So I usually for that reason, um, when I teach Spanish, I don't, I usually don't teach this. And actually if you learned Spanish in the United States or somewhere in North America, you probably won't get exposed to this because they really just taken it out of the curriculum because it is so specific to Spain. But it is good to be aware of because we are in a global society right now. And you could go online and find a video and you might not know where the person is from or you might hear a podcast and you might hear this weird, a verb form used and you're like, I've never heard that before. But if you are from Spain or from Europe and you're not from Spain, because if you're from Spain, you probably aren't listening to this podcast because you already probably know Spanish. But if you're from Europe, um, or if you're studying in Europe, this is probably going to be more important to you to, to know. Okay. Uh, but well, so throws again is the plural form of you, which again, in English we just don't have, we would just say you, um, now the way that this is conjugated, so I'll give you a few, uh, examples again with sad and then they're so sear, it would be[inaudible] soy sauce. Okay. And that's S O I S was throws Swiss. And for the Nair it would be[inaudible], the niece[inaudible] niece. So that's T, E,N, E, I S and there's an accent over that second E. okay. So the niece, uh, and again with this one, similar to Steph, as you might hear this, if you're watching a video, a presentation where they are addressing a group, right? Because, um, you know, they're addressing more than one person. They know that they ha that they have a larger audience. So you will hear, will also throws use or at least the conjugations for also throws, right? If you don't hear the pronoun itself when you are watching a presentation from Spain. Okay. Because then they're addressing a group or even if you're listening to a podcast from Spain, that is another very common place. If I hear a podcast or you know, and I hear, you know, soy sauce, you know the mace, I know that they are from Spain. Okay. In addition to their accent, which is also a dead giveaway. But anyway, uh, just, just so you're aware, that is when you might hear this. So if you hear something like soy sauce or the NACE, right. And you don't hear the vosotros, you'll, you'll kind of have an idea of, of, uh, you know, that they're addressing a group of people directly. Okay. So that is the third way to say you in Spanish. Now, the fourth way to say UN Spanish is when you also might be familiar with, I mean, this is also probably the most common when used in most of Latin America. And I would recommend this is the one to learn just because it tends to just work in most situations. And that's two, right? And that's the T U with the accent over the you, uh, which is different from the T U or two. That means your right, like, uh, to COMESA is your shirt, right? Um, but the dude with the accent is actually the subject pronoun you. And again, this is probably the most common and it is used in informal settings. Okay. So this is between friends and family, with people that you're familiar with. It's really just the way to show that you're being friendly and you want the person, uh, to see you as a friend versus a, you know, a business associate or somebody you're conducting a transaction with. So, uh, to in general is used in informal settings. But I will say this, even though it was, is a way to show respect, right? If you're talking to someone who is older, you might want to, uh, lean towards using Lewis day just to show respect. But I usually gauge it by listening to the way someone addresses me, right? So if someone addresses me using do, then that's what I would respond with just because it just, again, it's, it's the most common, uh, thing that you'll hear, especially if you're doing a language exchange. Uh, you have a conversation partner, you're meeting people in Spanish, you're talking to people online. I mean, it just is the most common one. I mean, it's very rare that you're going to see like even in like social media posts, right? That you're going to see like someone you know, using boosted stead unless they're using like a very formal quote or something like that. Do is just like the most common. Okay. So this is the one I recommend you master first. Um, again, depending on where you are, it might vary. So you know, again, we'll get into that more in the next episode. But my general with them is a master to a reason for that is a lot of times in Spanish or talking to one person and not a group of people, right? Especially in the beginning you're not going to be giving presentations so you can kind of hold off when was dead, isn't, was ultra severe. Um, you know, not going to be doing a lot of talking to groups. Um, I would just recommend mastering do first. So any verb that you learned, that would be the form that I would recommend. Okay. And with some caveats, and again, I'll talk about that in the next episode. Okay. So let's talk quickly about the conjugation for[inaudible]. So you have for a Sayer, it's to Erez and for the net it's to the Ennis. Okay. And DNS is a, again, an irregular form of Dinair. Uh, so that is a very common one that you hear. And again, you'll hear them with them without the pronouns. Now we'll say nine times out of 10, you will not hear the pronoun to use. You will just hear the conjugation. All right? Uh, when you will normally hear it is when it's used for emphasis, right? So if I'm trying to say you did this right, like I'm trying, trying to really emphasize it for some, um, or I want to just make it clear that I'm addressing you, um, specifically. So you might hear this in songs as well, right? So if someone is asking a question, like I know there's a song where they ask a candidate, candidates do candidates do like who are you? Which it doesn't mean literally who are you, right? Cause a person knows, you know who you are, they're talking to you. But, um, the, it's, it's to give emphasis, right? So in the song he's asking candidates to like who, who do you think you are almost right? Like who are you? Right. So, um, again, issues for emphasis mainly if you hear it explicitly stated, but um, in general through a is, is used without the subject pronoun and you'll just hear the conjugated verb. So again, most common one, I definitely recommend it. Um, but again, go by what someone uses with you and if you hear them address you using too, then definitely feel free to respond in kind. Now the last one, um, is one that, you know, it's a lot more common than I thought. Um, initially when I learned Spanish, I had never heard of it. I mean, it's just generally not taught at all in any courses. It is not on any apps that I've seen that use it at all. I mean, it's, it is, uh, missing from most Spanish education, most formal education. And I think that's a real tragedy because, um, people will tell you, Oh, well, people don't really use this that often. It's an archaic form of the language and no one uses it. But I keep coming across this form of you and it is a lot more common than I initially thought. So I figured I would mention it because I think it's important just to be aware of it. I don't think you need to learn it. I'm depending on where you're learning. Um, and I'll, and I'll talk about that in a second, but it is actually a lot more common than I was led to believe. And that is a, this form of two, which is voce. Okay. Boast. Now both is not the same as well. So[inaudible] seems very similar. Um, but both throws is just used in Spain and it is for a group, but Bose is a completely different pronoun and it just means you in the singular. Um, and it is usually used more in informal settings as well. Well before I get into that, one quick note about[inaudible], I forgot to mention, cause I did say there are two forms of[inaudible]. There's also[inaudible]. Okay, well, so, and that is when you're addressing a group of all females. Um, so it just like you have no[inaudible] for we, right? You have the know Tsotras when you're a group of all females speaking, right? And that's the plural eyes, so to speak, like a group of people. Um, both. So[inaudible] is used when you are addressing a group of all females. Okay. So there is that additional form of Asatrus. Okay. So getting back to Bose now, the most commonly known use of Lowe's for the, for the word you in Spanish is uh, in Argentina. Okay. Um, specifically one on Saturdays, but definitely Argentina is known for using this boasts. Okay? So most people will tell you, most is only used in Argentina. So unless you're going to learn Spanish in Argentina, don't need to learn both, okay? Now let's say that is a pretty good rule of thumb, right? Because, um, it is, you know, the most populated place that a Bose is used regularly. However, the thing that most people don't know is that there are other countries that use Bose as well. Um, it's also using[inaudible] parts of Bolivia in, even in parts of central America. Right? And to me this was the most shocking part of it because you know, you, you learn Spanish and most of the people who teach quote unquote Latin American Spanish completely ignore most, but it is used in parts of central America. Um, and also, um, in parts of Columbia. So again, if you recall the conversation I had with them today in our last episode, she did mention that there are parts of Columbia, she mentioned the city of galley where both is used. Um, I have also heard most used in some music. There was a song called me Santa by Romeo Santos. And at the very end of the song, if you pay attention because he tends to whisper a lot, but the absolute last line of the song, if you listen to it, he says something like cryo and bows, right? Like, cause the whole song is me, Santa's like my Saint or he's talking about this woman and how he believes in her almost religiously. Right? So at the very end he's saying Crayola and Bose, like I believe in you. Um, and he whispers it and I was really surprised to hear that, cause I'm like, he's not from Argentina. Right. But you will hear this used, like I said, in parts of central America, which is again where a lot of people learned Latin American Spanish because, uh, you know, it's, they have reputations, central America for speaking very clearly and not using, um, I guess as as much of an accent as other parts of Latin America like in the Caribbean for example. So, so anyway, I just thought I'd mention that because it is actually used outside of Argentina and you might hear it in music and it is a lot more common than you might think. So you've probably haven't paid attention to it. If you don't know what it means. You may have thought, Oh, the person was trying to save us, so throws, but it was short for vosotros. That's not true. Boast is its own subject pronoun for you. And it is used, um, in several places in Latin America and not just in Argentina. Okay. But again, if Argentina is on your bucket list of places to to go, you definitely want to learn this one. Cause when I went to one Oh Saturdays definitely I heard, uh, boasts and it's how people address you. So no one really used was thin with me when I was in Argentina. And, and it's also difficult to, to hear, uh, some of these irregular verbs if you're not familiar with them. So you might be completely lost, right? So, um, I'll give you a few of the conjugations for a bonus, but if you are really interested in both and you and your, um, and you want to learn more, um, or if you're going to Argentina, right? Or you just want to be a little bit familiar with it, I would recommend checking out both sails, spanish.com and that's V O S E O spanish.com. Um, and it gives you, um, sort of a breakdown of all the conjugations for Bose. And the reason why I recommend this site is because it just isn't else every other verb conjugator that you see. Nine times out of 10, probably more like 10 out of 10, cause I have not seen it. And um, one of the more popular verb congregators or even in the dictionaries, it's just absent, which I think is a little bit ridiculous because, um, it's not a dead part of the language. It's still being used quite a bit. Um, and I um, had to hear it myself and kind of understand what was being said to me. I don't recommend learning this to use it again. So unless again you are going to move to but on Saturdays like you used to. Okay. Cause it's more common. Uh, but if you wanted to be aware of what people are saying to you right when they're speaking to you and they may be from Argentina, um, and there's some other characteristics of their accent that might be a little bit off putting as well. But just kinda to cover this conjugation, um, you will here, um, this boast used. Okay. So for the verb than there. Um, it would be both Dennis. Okay. So it's T E N E S with an accent over that second eats cause the emphasis is on that last set of syllable. So instead of DNS, it's both DNS. So do DNS boost DNS. Okay. So you can, it's very subtle difference. You may, and when you hear it, you might kind of get that it's the verb than air, but you won't really know, you know exactly. You know what's being said. If you're not familiar with the, uh, another example for the verb sad. And this one is kind of interesting is Bose sauce. So S O S both sows. Okay. So through Erez both sauce. So this is one that really will trip you up. It sounds completely different. So if someone's asking you where you're from, like they don't, they[inaudible] kind of like they don't, they will source something like that. I heard that when I was in Argentina and I was like, what? Okay. I had to kind of, you know, reset and kind of understand what he was saying to me. Um, so both can be kind of difficult if you're not familiar with it at all to kind of pick it up. Uh, so I would recommend if you have any interest at all, if you're just curious, checkout, say spanish.com, um, to kind of get an idea of what those conjugations are. Okay. So again, that's the one you probably weren't as familiar with. Um, but definitely recommend checking it out because it is used, um, in Latin America. So I kind of think it's a tragedy that is not taught in more Spanish programs because it really is. Um, it really is used. Okay. So anyway, that's the end of my soapbox on both. So the five ways to say you in Spanish[inaudible] when you're addressing one person in a formal setting,[inaudible] when you're talking to a group of people in Latin America,[inaudible] or[inaudible], when you're talking to a group of people in Spain to when you're addressing one person in formally a friend or family member. And then finally Bose, which is used in Argentina and other parts of South America, including Autoglide, Columbia, and even in central America. Okay. So those are the five ways to say you in Spanish. I hope that, uh, something you heard, Oh, is at least new, like one or two things that you heard today or something that you didn't know before. And if you're wondering which one of these you should master, I've already told you that do would be the one I would recommend to learn first. Uh, but if you're trying to figure out from there, so, okay, you already have two down. You know how to talk to someone informally in a one on one conversation. The next one you should learn is very dependent upon the type of Spanish that you are learning, right? So if you're going to be in Spain, definitely learned[inaudible] if you're going to be in Latin America. Definitely learned was there this, right? But I'll talk a little bit more in the next episode, how to determine what type of Spanish to learn because that will drive not only, um, you know, this particular aspect of your, of your study, of what, uh, what forms of you you should really master, but also all of your Spanish study, not just your vocabulary, not just being familiar with accents but also the grammar, right? Cause what we're talking about today is really, really a grammar topic, right? Sort of the different subject, pronouns in which verb conjugations to use. So learning a different type of Spanish, um, also does impact grammar. And most people don't think about that. Um, when they're thinking about what type of Spanish to learn. So I will talk more in depth about that in the next episode. But for now I hope that you are able to at least get some insight into all of the ways that you can say you in Spanish and is not so intimidating anymore. Okay. 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