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Phrase · 🧉 Chatting with voseo speakers

Vení, sentate acá, que hay lugar.

Come, sit here, there’s room.

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Why every word is where it is

Vení1verbcomevenir · imperative · 2nd sing.,sentate2verbsit (down)sentar · imperative · 2nd sing.acá3adverbhere,que4conjunctionsince, becausehayverbthere ishaber · present · 3rd sing.lugarnounroom, spacemasc. · sing..
  • sentate → acá: sentarse + place
  • hay → lugar: hay + noun

Why it's built this way

The notes match the numbers above.

  1. 1
    vení: vos imperative of venir (tú: ven): drop the -r, stress the end. Voseo: forms and recognition →
  2. 2
    sentate = siéntate with vos: no diphthong, pronoun attached. Voseo: forms and recognition →
  3. 3
    acá = here; preferred to aquí in the Río de la Plata. Demonstratives and place words: este, ese, aquel →
  4. 4
    que = since, because: it explains the invitation.

Variations

  • Ven, siéntate aquí, que hay lugar.