Why do people in Argentina use "Vos' instead of "tu" and pronounce both the 'y' and the 'll' as 'zh'?

Question

Why people in Argentina use "Vos' instead of "tu" and pronounce both the 'y' and the 'll' as 'zh'?

Answer 1

Different countries in Latin America have different pronounciations and idioms. "Vos" is also used in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and El Salvador. In Costa Rica, the pronounciation of "y" and "ll" is the same, although not as "strong" as in Argentina.

Answer 2

Each Spanish speaking country pronounces it differently, and it also differs from region to region. Same principle applies to any language, compare the U.S. and Jamaica and England and Scotland, and so on.

I don't know exactly why Argentines prounouce the y and ll like zh, but I'm a bit thrown off at first when hearing it. True, the Argentine accent sounds very Italian, perhaps there are Italian immigrants there?

Answer 3

Why in America you say got, and in England you use gotten? Why do you pronounce different and at different speeds? Why is it sometimes easier to understand British than American English? The idiom had the same origin, but as the people who used it went apart ones from the others, each one devoloped new ways of saying the same thing. You can get a clearer idea in a bit more extreme example. Spanish, French, Italian, Rumanian, Catalan and Portuguese are all from the same root: latin, and they still have similarities, but they are very different. This is the "future" of Spanish, English, and any other language that is spoken in more than one country

Answer 4

probably has something to do with the history of Argentina vs the history of other places. I don't know the history of Argentina all that well but I know the accent sounds a lot more like Italian than other Spanish accents.

Answer 5

vos and vosotros are plural familiar pronouns. in other words they mean "you all" when you're talking to people that are close to you. they are only used in some spanish speaking countries like Spain and Argentina. there is actually a form for each verb for vosotros!

as for the letter pronounciation it's just a dialect. that's just how they speak there~

Answer 6

Spanish isn't used exactly the same everywhere. Here in South Texas, "tu" is morely used, so I have to speak the Spanish they are more familiar with rather than speaking Spain's Spanish.

Answer 7

Well, is just the same that happens with English (and every languge I know), every country or region haves some differences in pronunciation. In Mexico it is smoother, in Spain the letter "s" is always pronunciated stronger, and In Argentina they do what you said.

Answer 8

it is a form of respect. using tu instead of vos would be very rude if the person is older than you.

Answer 9

Vos is used as you when you are talking to a person you just met when you are talking to a person that you are not very close to or to a person that you have to be respectful to

Answer 10

Every country has their own way of speaking one particular language. For example, a few countries share the same way of speaking a language. Example, if I compare UK English to USA English, it will definetely be the same.