vós
AsturianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronounEdit
vós
- you (subject pronoun: the group being addressed)
SynonymsEdit
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin vōs, from Old 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) thou (an elevated form of you, singular)
- Synonym: vostede
- 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
- No way I'm putting a feet there
- Or remembering thou anymore
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
See alsoEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “vos” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
- “vos” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
- “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
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs, from Proto-Indo-European *wōs.
PronunciationEdit
PronounEdit
vós m pl or f pl
- (archaic, except for rural northern Portugal) second-person plural nominative personal pronoun; you
- Vós deveis fugir. ― You must flee.
- Synonyms: vocês, os senhores
- (archaic, except for rural northern Portugal) second-person plural prepositional pronoun; you
- Tenho medo de vós. ― I am afraid of you.
- (religious, formal or poetic) second-person singular nominative and prepositional pronoun used when addressing a deity, noble or certain powerful officials; you; thou
Usage notesEdit
In everyday discourse, this pronoun is oftentimes replaced by vocês, mainly in central and southern continental Portugal and in Brazil.
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
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
vós f
SpanishEdit
PronounEdit
vós
- Obsolete spelling of vos