Regional SpanishHow Spain and Latin America differ, and whether it actually matters.LanguagesSpainvosotros for informal plural youc and z pronounced as 'th'Present perfect used for recentpastcoger – to take (avoid in LatinAmerica)ordenador for computerLatin Americaustedes for all plural youc and z pronounced as s (seseo)Preterite preferred for recentpasttomar or agarrar instead of cogercomputadora for computerTHE DIFFERENCE THAT MATTERSVosotros is the largest grammatical difference. Latin Americanlearners can skip that whole conjugation.Argentina and much of Central America use vos instead of tú, with itsown verb endings: vos hablás.Regional Spanishlearnposters.com
Regional Spanish — printable languages wall chart from LearnPosters. Free vector PDF, US Letter and A4.

What’s on the Regional Spanish poster

Spain against Latin America, side by side.

Argentina and much of Central America use vos instead of tú, with its own verb endings: vos hablás.

Questions about the Regional Spanish poster

What’s on the Regional Spanish poster?
Spain against Latin America, side by side. Spain: vosotros for informal plural you; Spain: c and z pronounced as 'th'; Spain: Present perfect used for recent past; Spain: coger – to take (avoid in Latin America); Spain: ordenador for computer; Latin America: ustedes for all plural you; Latin America: c and z pronounced as s (seseo); Latin America: Preterite preferred for recent past; Latin America: tomar or agarrar instead of coger; Latin America: computadora for computer; Vosotros is the largest grammatical difference. Latin American learners can skip that…. Argentina and much of Central America use vos instead of tú, with its own verb endings: vos hablás.
Who is the Regional Spanish poster for?
Regional Spanish belongs to the Languages section rather than to a school year, because languages is not something one grade owns. Anyone learning spanish can pin it up — a beginner, a student mid-course, or someone revising years later.
When should you use the Regional Spanish poster?
You will be understood everywhere. These are the differences worth knowing about. A wall chart earns its place by being glanceable from where the work is happening, so Regional Spanish belongs on the wall where that languages work actually happens, within glancing distance, rather than filed away.
What other posters go with Regional Spanish?
Spanish Accents, Adjective Agreement and Commands sit alongside Regional Spanish in the Languages section. Printed together they make a wall rather than a single sheet, which is how a reference set actually gets used.Spanish AccentsAdjective AgreementCommands
Is the Regional Spanish poster free to download and print?
Yes. Regional Spanish downloads as a free PDF with no account, no email and no watermark, like everything else in the Languages section. Print as many copies as you like for a home, a classroom, a library or a tutoring group; reselling the file is the only thing the licence rules out.Read the licence
What size does the Regional Spanish poster print at?
Regional Spanish is a vector PDF laid out for US Letter, and prints on A4 with Fit to page — the same file, no separate download. Because every mark on it is drawn rather than photographed, it stays sharp enlarged to A3, A2 or A1 at a copy shop. Colour carries emphasis only, so a greyscale print of Regional Spanish loses nothing.Printing guide

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