ll able : ▁r ata ▁(" rat ") ▁becomes ▁rat ica ▁(" l ittle ▁rat "). ▁Another ▁not ew orth y ▁dimin utive ▁is ▁" man ito ," ▁instead ▁of ▁the ▁more ▁common ▁" man ita ." ▁ ▁The ▁second - person ▁singular ▁inform al ▁pron oun ▁is ▁usually ▁t ú , ▁as ▁in ▁most ▁of ▁the ▁rest ▁of ▁Latin ▁America ▁and ▁in ▁Spain . ▁That ▁is ▁referred ▁to ▁as ▁t ute o . ▁However , ▁in ▁Z ul ia ▁and ▁some ▁parts ▁of ▁Fal c ón ▁and ▁Tru j illo , ▁it ▁is ▁common ▁to ▁find ▁v ose o , ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁v os ▁instead ▁of ▁t ú . ▁That ▁phenomen on ▁is ▁present ▁in ▁many ▁other ▁Latin ▁American ▁variations ▁( not ably ▁Central ▁American ▁Spanish ▁and ▁R iop lat ense ), ▁but ▁Z ul ian ▁v ose o ▁is ▁di pt ong ado : ▁conjug ation ▁pres erves ▁the ▁di ph th ongs ▁of ▁the ▁historical ▁v os ▁conjug ation , ▁which ▁have ▁had ▁mon oph th ong ization ▁in ▁R iop lat ense . ▁The ▁Z ul ian ▁forms ▁are ▁thus ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁those ▁in ▁Spain ▁for ▁the ▁second - person ▁pl ural ▁v os ot ros ): ▁instead ▁of ▁t ú ▁er es , ▁t ú ▁est ás , ▁Z ul ian ▁has ▁v os ▁so is , ▁v os ▁está is ▁( compare ▁with ▁the ▁pl ural ▁forms ▁in ▁Spain ▁v os ot ros ▁so is , ▁v os ot ros ▁está is , ▁and ▁with