Note 20 — PART ONE (continued 2)
Reading edition
¿Sabes tú? Note: Verbs of the second person singular in the present Indicative, as well as in the Infinitive, show a peculiar tendency in Argentina. The present Indicative of amar, temer, partir becomes amás, temés, partís, respectively, all irregularities being suppressed. The Subjunctive forms become: amés, temás, partás, respectively, and the Imperative is formed by simply dropping the last letter of the infinitive: amá, temé, partí. According to this interesting tendency, the form eres becomes sos. When using these forms the pronoun tú is changed to vos. These forms are already so commonly used by all social classes in Argentina, that they require some mention here.