vosotrosvos

Vosotrosvos is a term used in linguistic discussions to describe a hypothetical or constructed system of second-person pronouns in which the forms vos and vosotros coexist and are used in complementary distribution. The name combines the widely used informal singular pronoun vos with the informal plural pronoun vosotros, both drawn from Spanish but typically not used together in standard varieties. In the imagined system, speakers would selectively employ vos for singular address and vosotros for plural address, with verbs and other agreement patterns aligned to the chosen pronoun.

The term is not widely established in mainstream grammars and dictionaries; it appears mainly in typological or pedagogical contexts as an illustrative example of how pronoun inventories can vary across dialects or social registers. It is sometimes discussed in relation to sociolinguistic concepts such as formality, solidarity, or regional identity, where multiple second-person forms might nominally coexist or shift in use over time.

Grammatical implications in a hypothetical vosotrosvos system would include verb agreement and clitic placement that correspond to the pronoun in use, as well as potential distinctions in orthography or punctuation to signal pronoun choice. The model allows exploration of how language users navigate pronoun choice in real-world contexts, including education, media, and interpersonal interactions, without prescribing a concrete, real-world variant.

Example sentences in the imagined system might be: “Cómo estás vos” for singular address and “Cómo estáis vosotros” for plural address, with the latter using the standard vosotros verb form.