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¿Sos de acá o estás de visita?

Are you from here or just visiting?

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Why every word is where it is

¿Sos1verbare youser · present · 2nd sing.deprepositionfromacá2adverbhereoconjunctionorestás3verbare youestar · present · 2nd sing.de3prepositiononvisita3nounvisitfem. · sing.?

Sos → acá: ser de + origin
estás → visita: estar de visita

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

1
sos = eres with vos. Voseo: forms and recognition →
2
acá = here, preferred to aquí in the Río de la Plata. Demonstratives and place words: este, ese, aquel →
3
estar de visita = to be visiting, a temporary situation. With vos, estás doesn’t change. Ser vs estar I: characteristics and states →

Variations

¿Eres de aquí o estás de visita?