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vós
vós
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs.
Pronoun
vós (strong)
Usage notes
- 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.)
Declension
Catalan personal pronouns and clitics
See also
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs.
Pronoun
vós nominative and oblique (dative vos, accusative vos)
- you (plural second-person personal pronoun)
Usage notes
The form vós is used as the subject of a sentence or as the object of a preposition. The unaccented form vos is used as the direct or indirect object.
Synonyms
- (you): vosoutros
See also
Portuguese
Etymology 1
From Old Portuguese vos, from Latin vōs, from Proto-Indo-European *wōs.
Pronunciation
Pronoun
vós m f pl
- (archaic or dialectal) second-person plural nominative personal pronoun; you
- Vós deveis fugir.
- You must flee.
- Vós deveis fugir.
- (archaic or dialectal) second-person plural prepositional pronoun; you
- Tenho medo de vós.
- I am afraid of you.
- Tenho medo de vós.
- (religious, formal or poetic) second-person singular nominative and prepositional pronoun used when addressing a deity, noble or certain powerful officials; you; thou
- Deus, vós sois a minha força.
- God, thou art my strength.
- Deus, vós sois a minha força.
Usage notes
In everyday discourse, this pronoun has been replaced by vocês except in parts of Portugal.
Synonyms
- (second-person plural personal pronoun): vocês, os senhores
- (second-person singular personal pronoun): tu, você, o senhor
Related terms
See also
| Portuguese personal pronouns (edit) | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Person | Nominative (subject) |
Accusative (direct object) |
Dative (indirect object) |
Oblique | Oblique 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 (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | |||||||||||
| Plural | First | nós | nos | nós | connosco (Portugal) conosco (Brazil) |
a gente | |||||||
| Second | vós | vos | vós | convosco | 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 (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | |||||||||||
| Indefinite | se (reflexive) | si (reflexive) | consigo (reflexive) | ||||||||||
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
vós f
- plural of vó