vós
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
vós
- you (subject pronoun: the group being addressed)
SynonymsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
vós (strong)
Usage notesEdit
- Vós is a polite form, used when addressing a single person. It is used with the second person plural form of the verb. (Compare the polite usage of vous in French.)
DeclensionEdit
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
See alsoEdit
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Old Galician and Old Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
vós (accusative vos, dative vos)
- second-person plural nominative personal pronoun; you
- (dated, dialectal) thou, thee (an elevated form of you, singular)
- 1310, E. Portela Silva (ed.), La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 384:
- De min dom ffernan ffernandez de Lima A vos Pero viçente de Martin meu omme Saude
- From me Don Fernán Fernández de Limia to thee Pedro Vicente de Martín, my man, hail
- De min dom ffernan ffernandez de Lima A vos Pero viçente de Martin meu omme Saude
- 1775, María Francisca Isla y Losada, Romance:
- An que me trataches bén
- si'ávesita non pagàs
- dou ò demo pè ala poño
- nin me alembro de vòs màis.
- Although thou treated me well
- If the visit thou don't pay [lit. you (plural) don't pay]
- No way I'm putting a feet there
- Or remembering thee anymore
- Synonym: vostede
- 1310, E. Portela Silva (ed.), La región del obispado de Tuy en los siglos XII a XV. Santiago: Tip. El Eco Franciscano, page 384:
Usage notesEdit
When vós is a polite form, addressing a single person, is used with the second person plural form of the verb. Compare the polite usage of vous in French and vós in Catalan.
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “vos” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
- “vos” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
- “vós” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “vós” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “vós” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): [ˈβɔʃ]
- Homophone: voz
- Hyphenation: vós
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs, from Proto-Indo-European *wōs.
PronounEdit
vós m pl or f pl by sense
- (archaic, dialectal, literary, religion, or humorous) you (second-person plural nominative and prepositional personal pronoun)
- Synonyms: vocês, os senhores
- Vós deveis fugir. ― You must flee.
- Tenho medo de vós. ― I am afraid of you.
- (archaic, dialectal, literary, religion, or humorous) you, thou (second-person singular nominative and prepositional pronoun used when addressing a deity, noble or certain powerful officials)
Usage notesEdit
- vós has almost fully been replaced by vocês, except in some rural dialects in Northern Portugal. Otherwise, it is an archaic and literary form.
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
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Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Prepositional | Prepositional with com |
Non-declining | ||||||
m | f | m | f | m and f | m | f | m | f | m | f | |||
Singular | First | eu | me | mim | comigo | ||||||||
Second | tu | te | ti | contigo | você | ||||||||
o senhor | a senhora | ||||||||||||
Third | ele | ela | o (lo, no) |
a (la, na) |
lhe | ele | ela | com ele | com ela | o mesmo | a mesma | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco, com vós | vocês | ||||||||
os senhores | as senhoras | ||||||||||||
Third | eles | elas | os (los, nos) |
as (las, nas) |
lhes | eles | elas | com eles | com elas | os mesmos | as mesmas | ||
se | si | consigo | |||||||||||
Indefinite | se | si | consigo |
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
vós f
SpanishEdit
PronounEdit
vós
- Obsolete spelling of vos