Si eres tu mi religion. Wait what?

Question

What the hell does ''si eres tu mi religion''? Qué significa?

I understand it to mean something like: "you are my religion''. But wouldnt that be " (tu) eres mi religion"?

I cant make sense of the ''Si eres'', I read it as ''if you are'', but then I look at the whole sentence and think, what the hell does that even mean?! The absence of a tilde over the i tells me its 'if' not yet 'yes'.

So if you could, could you explain the odd word order in this sentence please. Its a song btw by Belinda called 'Mi religion''.

Gracias a todos y por tu respuesta.

Answer 1

You can say "Tu eres" or "Eres tu". Eres tu mi mejor amigo, Tu eres mi mejor amigo. Or more likely, eres mi mejor amigo. Those use a lot of pronouns in songs for emphasis. Mana rules!!!!!

Wait Belinda and not Mana? Two different groups say you are my religion? Weird, I have never heard it said in English but it must be a Spanish thing to say.

Ok just listened to Belinda song, she is saying IF and not YES. Thought you meant to Mana song.

If you're my religion, and you're not here, I just want to forget about you, If you're my religion, and you're not here, I don't want to cry anymore for you..

Seems pretty self explanatory.

Si = if and Sí with the tild over the i means yes. - kenwilliams, Jun 19, 2010

Often times the tilde in song translations and whatnot is overlooked amigo. You must always assume when no tilde is present that either could apply. Many people drop it when not reading a literary work or something like that. - jeezzle, Jun 19, 2010

I did not imply that. Did you read what I wrote? I just spend 5 minutes listening to your song to try to help you. - jeezzle, Jun 19, 2010

Soytommy. - jeezzle, Jun 19, 2010

jezzle I was talking to ken not you, and it was a joke aswell. :) - soytommy, Jun 19, 2010

Answer 2

If you are my religion

Answer 3

Or it could be Sí, eres tú mi religión, which would mean "Yes, you're my religion." The tú is in there to emphasize that it is this person. It would be kind of like saying "It's you who's my religion" in English, instead of "You're my religion." Or, as everyone else has said, it very well may be "If you're my religion." I just thought the other made more sense. Either way, adding tú has the same effect of emphasis as I explained for the sí scenario. Both word orders (tú eres and eres tú) are used, but the first is like saying "You are my religion" and the second is like saying "It's you who are my religion." I'd put the level of emphasis, from least to greatest, like this: 1. eres 2. tú eres 3. eres tú.

Gracias amigo. - soytommy, Jun 19, 2010

De nada. - MacFadden, Jun 19, 2010

Answer 4

Si eres tú mi religión Y no estás aquí Quiero olvidarme de ti Si eres tú mi religión Y no estás aquí No quiero llorar más por ti

So I looked up the lyrics...

Si eres tú mi religión... If you are my religion

Y no estás aquí... and you are not here

Quiero olvidarme de ti... I want to forget you

Si eres tú mi religión... If you are my religion

Y no estás aquí... and you are not here

No quiero llorar más por ti... I don't want to cry more for you

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Technically "eres tú" means "it is you". Si eres tú "if it is you"

"tú eres" and "eres tú" at times may have slightly different meanings....

¿Eres tú? Is it you?

Eres tú. It is you.

Mi vida eres tú. You are my life. (Which is the same as "tú eres mi vida"...)

...Perhaps they just have a strange word order for the phrase, "Si tú eres mi religión..."

Gracias, I understand all the rest apart from that 'tu' which scrambled my brain somehow. haha. :) - soytommy, Jun 19, 2010

Answer 5

eres tú = tú eres... tú is actually unnecessary in this context.

Answer 6

whoops