How to use Tu or Você in Portuguese?
Tu is "you" and it is very informal, and can be used
only when talking to one person. Tu is only used between friends, relatives, people of the same age and social standing, when
addressing children, or in situations where a certain level of comfort has been
established. Tu is conjugated with the second person singular conjugation, for
exemple: tu falas, tu comes, tu abres
Você is a little more formal, but not
formal enough to address either someone you have never met before or a
superior, in which case you should use o senhor or a senhora. It can be used only when you are talking to one person.
It uses the third person singular conjugation, so, we use the same form of the
verb as with "he" or "she" , for exemple: ele fala/você
fala, ele come/ você come.
O senhor and a senhora, this is the formal version of
"you" (one person), and is used when you don't know someone, or
towards someone you should show respect to, for example, a boss or a
teacher. O senhor is used when talking to a male, and a
senhora when talking to a female. Like você, it uses the third
person singular conjugation.
“To help you understand why,
imagine that you are in court addressing the judge, and you call him ‘Your
Honour’: ‘Does Your Honour require further information?’ As you can see, you
have used the third person singular for the verb, but what you really meant was
‘you’. This is similar to the way that você and o senhor/a
senhora work in Portuguese.”- Portuguese-
Essencial grammar
Vocês, it used when talking to a group of people and it is informal. It uses the
third person plural conjugation, for exemple, eles falam/ vocês falam.
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