Voseo

Question 1

¿Vos hablás español?

Answer 1

PRESENT INDICATIVE -AR verbs: drop final -r from infinitive, add -s, stress last syllable: hablar → hablás. Tú hablas → Vos hablás. The accent mark is essential — it shows stress shift.

Question 2

¿Vos tenés hambre?

Answer 2

PRESENT INDICATIVE -ER verbs: tener → tenés. Tú tienes → Vos tenés. Note: voseo removes the diphthong (ie → e). This is the key difference from tuteo in -er/-ir verbs.

Question 3

¿Vos vivís en Palermo?

Answer 3

PRESENT INDICATIVE -IR verbs: vivir → vivís. Tú vives → Vos vivís. Again the diphthong disappears (ie → i). Simple rule: remove diphthong, add stress to final syllable.

Question 4

Vos sos re copada.

Answer 4

SER is irregular in voseo: vos SOS. Tú eres → Vos sos. One of the most important irregular voseo forms — you’ll use it constantly. ‘¿Cómo sos vos?’ = what are you like?

Question 5

¿A qué hora vas al laburo?

Answer 5

IR is irregular in voseo: vos VAS. Same as tú vas — one of the few voseo forms identical to tuteo. No change needed for ir in present indicative.

Question 6

¿Qué hacés este finde?

Answer 6

HACER in voseo present: vos HACÉS. Tú haces → Vos hacés. Regular pattern for -er verbs applies. ‘¿Qué hacés?’ is one of the most common Rioplatense greetings.

Question 7

¿Sabés qué pasó ayer?

Answer 7

SABER in voseo present: vos SABÉS. Tú sabes → Vos sabés. Regular -er pattern. ‘¿Sabés qué?’ = you know what? — very common Rioplatense conversation opener.

Question 8

¿Podés venir mañana?

Answer 8

PODER in voseo present: vos PODÉS. Tú puedes → Vos podés. Diphthong (ue → o) disappears — key voseo feature. ‘Podés, querés, venís’ — most common requests use voseo.

Question 9

¿Querés tomar un feca?

Answer 9

QUERER in voseo present: vos QUERÉS. Tú quieres → Vos querés. Diphthong disappears (ie → e). ‘¿Querés?’ is the natural Rioplatense way to offer something.

Question 10

¿Te venís con nosotros?

Answer 10

VENIR in voseo present: vos VENÍS. Tú vienes → Vos venís. Diphthong disappears (ie → i). ‘¿Te venís?’ = are you coming with us? Very natural Rioplatense invitation.

Question 11

¡Mirá qué lindo!

Answer 11

IMPERATIVE (affirmative) voseo: drop -r from infinitive. Mirar → Mirá. Tú mira → Vos mirá. The accent marks the stressed final syllable. ‘Mirá’ is one of the most common Rioplatense imperatives.

Question 12

¡Vení acá un momento!

Answer 12

IMPERATIVE voseo -IR verbs: venir → Vení. Tú ven → Vos vení. Note: irregular tuteo imperative (ven) becomes regular in voseo (vení). Voseo imperatives are almost always regular.

Question 13

¡Comé algo, no seas malito!

Answer 13

IMPERATIVE voseo -ER verbs: comer → Comé. Tú come → Vos comé. Simple pattern: drop -r, stress final syllable, add accent. ‘Comé, bebé, leé’ follow same rule.

Question 14

¡No te vayas todavía!

Answer 14

NEGATIVE IMPERATIVE voseo: uses present subjunctive. No te vayas = don’t go (yet). Same as tuteo negative imperative. ‘¡No te vayas, no te dormás, no te olvidés!’

Question 15

Vos hablabas muy bien cuando vivías en CABA.

Answer 15

IMPERFECT voseo: identical to tuteo. Hablabas, tenías, vivías — no change from tú form. Imperfect shows no voseo distinction — one less thing to worry about.

Question 16

¿Vos fuiste a la fiesta anoche?

Answer 16

PRETERITE voseo: identical to tuteo. Fuiste, tuviste, hablaste — no change. Preterite shows no voseo distinction. Same applies to all simple past forms.

Question 17

Si vos tuvieras más tiempo…

Answer 17

IMPERFECT SUBJUNCTIVE voseo: identical to tuteo. Tuvieras, hablaras, fueras — no change. Subjunctive tenses show no voseo distinction in most varieties.

Question 18

Cuando vos llegués, llamame.

Answer 18

PRESENT SUBJUNCTIVE voseo: drop -r from infinitive + subjunctive ending. Llegar → llegués. Tú llegues → Vos llegués. Note the accent. Less common but important to recognize.

Question 19

¿Vos te acordás de tu host mom?

Answer 19

REFLEXIVE VERBS in voseo present: acordarse → te acordás. The reflexive pronoun (te) stays the same, only the verb conjugation changes. ‘¿Te acordás?’ = do you remember?

Question 20

Vos tenés que estudiar más.

Answer 20

TENER QUE in voseo: tenés que + infinitive. The infinitive never changes — only the conjugated verb takes voseo form. ‘Tenés que, podés, querés, sabés’ + infinitive = very common structures.

Question 21

¡Sé vos misma en la entrevista!

Answer 21

SER imperative voseo: SÉ. Tú sé → Vos sé. One of the few irregular voseo imperatives. ‘¡Sé vos misma!’ = be yourself! — note ‘vos misma’ not ‘tú misma’ for reflexive emphasis.

Question 22

¿Cómo estás vos?

Answer 22

ESTAR in voseo present: vos ESTÁS. Tú estás → Vos estás. One of the few forms identical to tuteo — estar present is the same in both systems. ‘¿Cómo estás?’ works universally.

Question 23

Vos ya sabés cómo funciona esto.

Answer 23

Reinforcing voseo in statement form. ‘Vos ya sabés’ = you already know how this works. In CABA, explicitly using ‘vos’ rather than omitting the subject is common for emphasis.