Yo vs Vos - What's the difference?
yo | vos |
(slang)
(slang)
(military slang) Present]]! [[here, Here!
(African American Vernacular English) contraction of you and are
(colloquial)
(Baltimore)
Verb-Object-Subject: a language is VOS if a typical sentence starts with the verb, followed by the object, followed by the subject.
As an abbreviation yo
is (l).As a noun vos is
voice.yo
English
(wikipedia yo)Etymology 1
From (etyl) yo, io, . More at yea.Interjection
(en interjection)- Yo Paulie! How's it going?
- Yo , check this out!
- Sergeant: ''Smith? ''Private Smith: Yo !
Contraction
(head)- Yo a fool.
Pronoun
(head)- Yo sandwich only has bacon in it. Want some ketchup on that?
- Yo was tuckin' in his shirt! (
Stotko and Troyer 2007
)