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| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 1 of 7 21 November 2005 at 3:26pm | IP Logged | ||
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Can anybody explain the difference between TU and TI?
I know you can say "pienso en ti" and "todo para ti". So ti means you (informal). But tu is also used as an informal you: "tu es mi amor". (Just a simple sample sentence :-) So when do you use tu and when ti? What's the difference? In Dutch there is a difference: "jij en jou" but I don't know how to explain the difference in English. Is ti "for/to/about you"? and tu is simply you? Tuffy Edited by tuffy on 21 November 2005 at 3:29pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| ymapazagain Senior Member Australia myspace.com/amywiles Joined 6961 days ago 504 posts - 538 votes Speaks: English* Studies: SpanishB2 | Message 2 of 7 21 November 2005 at 3:35pm | IP Logged | ||
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haha...I asked this question only this morning!
The answer I was given is that ti is used in situations where something is FOR you....para ti. And tu is used when talking about you or directly to you. Make sense? I hope so. Though I haven´t seen this much yet so i´m not sure if there are other contexts where the meaning is different. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 3 of 7 21 November 2005 at 4:39pm | IP Logged | ||
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"tú" means "you". It's a personal pronoun, e.g. "tú eres mi amor" = you are my love.
"ti" means "you" or "yourself". It's also a pronoun but should be used before a preposition, e.g. "¿lo has comprado para ti?" = did you buy it for yourself? OR "esto no se refiere a ti" = this isn't about you. Hope this helps. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 4 of 7 21 November 2005 at 4:40pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ah cool :-)
Great timing huh? :-) Yes, it's clear this way, thanks! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 5 of 7 21 November 2005 at 4:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks Patuco.
You write something that raises another question though :) Tu eres mi amor. Why isn't it Tu es mi amor? I understand it's always eres instead of es when talking in the informal way? So when I talk informal I never use es but always eres? There is also a song called "eres tu". What does that mean then? You are? (You are what..? :-) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| patuco Diglot Moderator Gibraltar Joined 7017 days ago 3795 posts - 4268 votes Speaks: Spanish, English* Personal Language Map | Message 6 of 7 21 November 2005 at 5:03pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm not sure what grammatical rule applies for the use of "es" as opposed to "eres". I know that they are both derived from the verb "ser" (to be). It might be according to how you conjugate the verb, e.g.
"tú eres un borracho" = you are a drunk "él es un borracho" = he is a drunk
No, this literally means "it's you", or to put it in better English, "you are the one (for me)" 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| tuffy Triglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 7036 days ago 1394 posts - 1412 votes Speaks: Dutch*, English, German Studies: Spanish | Message 7 of 7 22 November 2005 at 2:02pm | IP Logged | ||
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Ah ok, "its you", of course.
I think then that eres belongs to the tu form. Just as the extra s is for the usage of tu. I have a program called verbix and I see now that with the verb "ser" behind tu it says "eres". Gracias. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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