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Re: Suppletory forms

From:Carlos Thompson <chlewey@...>
Date:Friday, February 19, 1999, 2:07
Pablo Flores wrote:

> Currently, in Rioplatense, _tu'_ (and in very rare cases > _vosotros_) is used in lithurgy only. We know the old forms > because they make us learn them at school (seemingly for no > purpose other than being able to mock Peninsular Spanish speakers). > The local forms are still considered barbarisms by academic > purists (though they surely use them during their free time :-) > I don't know if non-Rioplantenses know our forms (Carlos?).
Well. Voseo (use of _vos_) is not only from Rioplatense, but from severa= l Latinamerican dialects. Used in Chile (In Chile both _vos_ and _t=FA_ ar= e common) in Central America, and in Paisa and Valluno dialects in Colombia. Even in Valluno (Cali region), the regular _vos_ imperative of _ver_ is commonly used: _ve_. -- Carlos