Bien Chabacano

In Spanish, 'te' is a reflexive pronoun that is used when conjugating reflexive verbs like 'acostarse'. While this pronoun does not behave similarly in Chabacano grammar, it is possible that it is being used as a synonym of 'tu'. The first time I heard this was at the annual family reunions we had on my mother's side of the family every Christmas. It has been almost fifteen years since I attended one so I wasn't even sure at first if indeed I heard my uncles use 'te' instead of 'tu'. But recently, I came across a comment on social media which confirms this. Here are other examples: Based on the examples above, we could theorize that the people who use 'te' are also people who use 'uste' (usted). This makes sense because I frequently heard it from my uncles who spoke to my mom (the eldest sibling). My uncles use 'uste' whenever they speak to my mother. But are there people who use 'te' exclusively? One thing...