La palabra del día: el yo
el yo - the self, the ego
Post your sentences and vote for the ones you like. The correct answer will be chosen tomorrow on the basis of the biggest number of votes.
El otro yo ha decidido aprender español. De verdad, no soy yo aquí. Es mi alter ego.
The other I has decided to learn Spanish. Really, it's not me here. It's my alter ego.
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Muchas celebridades tienen los yos más grandes que sus dotes.
Many celebrities have egos bigger than their talents.
(I think I butchered this - help please!)
El yo tiene un apetito voraz, más usted alimentación él, el más hambriento se convierte.
The ego has a voracious appetite, the more you feed it, the hungrier it gets.
La bailarina Mimi prefiere jugar yo-yo en su tutú en vez de bailar. Qué yo tan grande!
Mimi the dancer prefers to play with her yo-yo dressed in her tutu instead of dancing. What a big ego!
Mi yo me dice abandonar mi amante,pero cada vez yo intento hacerlo no soy capaz mantuvo mi palabra. My ego tells me to leave my lover,but every time I intend to do that I can't keep my word.
Miguel de Unamuno se pasó toda su vida profesional examinando la cuestión del "yo" humano en cuanto a su relación con su Creador. Miguel de Unamuno spent his entire professional life examining the question of the human "self" and its relation with its Creator.
Mi yo me dices muchas cosas, pero principalmente lo ignoro para vivir en paz.
(My ego tells me many things, but mostly I ignore it so that I can live in peace.)
This is not a contest entry, just a fact.
In Latin, the word for I is ego (pronounced /AY-goh/ in Latin). Apparently it degraded into yo in Spanish.
More coolness...
Latin also prefers not to use subject pronouns when possible. So, the word for "to love" is amare (ah-MAH-ray) but is conjugated in 1st person present as amo (AH-mo). The 2nd person direct object pronoun is "te" (tay). So, in Latin, "I love you" is "Ego te amo" except that the word ego would rarely be used making it "Te amo," which is exactly how it is said in Spanish.
