and and as possessives. In , verbs corresponding to in the present indicative (roughly equivalent to the English simple present), are formed from the second person plural (the form for ). If the second person plural ends in or , the form for drops the : – – Similarly the verb (to be) has: – If the second person plural ends in (with an accent on the ), then the form for is identical: – – – In the imperative, the form for is also derived from the second person plural. The latter ends always in . So for the form for this is removed, and if the verb has more than one syllable, an accent is added to the last vowel: – – The only exception to these rules is in the verb (to go), which does not have an imperative form for and uses the analogous form of the verb , which has a similar meaning, and is regular: – In the present subjunctive, the same rules as for the present indicative apply, though these forms coexist in Argentina with those for the pronoun : – Or: – Other tenses always have the same form for as for . Outside Argentina, other combinations are possible. For instance, people in Maracaibo may use standard endings for (, ). Vosotros imperative: -ar for -ad In Spain, colloquially, the infinitive is used instead of the normative imperative for . This is not accepted in the normative language. instead of instead of ( in some dialects) or instead of Non-normative -s on tú form A form used for centuries but never accepted normatively has an ending in the second person singular of the preterite or simple past. For example, instead of the normative ; for . That is the only instance in which the form does not end in an in the normative language. Ladino has gone further with . Third-person object pronoun variation The third-person direct-object and indirect-object pronouns exhibit variation from region to region, from one individual to another, and even within the language of single individuals. The prefers an "etymological" usage, one in which the indirect object function is carried by (regardless of gender), and the direct object function is carried by or (according to the gender of the antecedent, and regardless of its animacy). The Academy also condones the use of as a direct object form for masculine,