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Is it very incorrect to say "Yo soy" instead of just simply "Soy"?
Jul 7, 2016 4:23 PM
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It is not incorrect, its the same but we tend to avoid the pronoun since the conjugated verb already tells you who the pronoun is, particularly if you're talking about yourserf .
we say YO in cases that enphasis is needed
when talking about yourserf , if you say YO many times you might sound egocentric.
Hope this helps :) Saludos
July 7, 2016
Está es una explicación con ejemplos.
Yo soy..........................................Yo estudio
Usted es.......................................Usted estudia
El es..............................................el estudia
Ella es...........................................ella estudia
Nosotros somos..........................nosotros estudiamos
Ustedes son.................................ustedes estudian
Ellos son.......................................ellos estudian
Cuando usamos " soy " sólo hay una posibilidad.....................estudio
Cuando usamos " es " hay tres posibilidades..........................estudia
Cuando usamos " somos " hay una posibilidad.........................estudiamos
Cuando usamos " son " hay dos posibilidades.........................estudian
Más de una posibilidad da lugar a confusión.
In english
I am ..................................I study
You are. ............................you study
He is. ................................he studies
She is.................................she studies
It is. ...................................it studies
We are................................we study
They are. ............................they study
You are................................they study
I was................................Yo estaba....................... yo estudie
You were..........................usted estaba..................usted estudio
He was.............................el estaba.........................el estudio
She was............................ella estaba......................ella estudio
It was.................................esto estaba....................
You were. ..........................ustedes estaban.........ustedes estudiaron
They were...........................ellos estaban..................ellos estudiaron
We were.............................nosotros estábamos. .......nosotros estudiamos
Cuando hay una y solo una posibilidad no da lugar a confusión.
(Nosotros) estábamos
(Yo) estudie
(Nosotros) estudiamos
July 7, 2016
"Soy" and "yo soy" have the same meaning, but when you use only "Soy" you are using a tacit subject, so everybody will understand "yo soy".
July 7, 2016
It's not incorrect but we don't use personal pronouns when we talk about ourselves.
July 7, 2016
No! Both are correct. "Yo soy" is just more complete and eliminates doubts about the subject, if the person who you're talking to didn't know that "soy" refers automatically to "yo".
July 7, 2016
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Ben Maye
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