why "yo soy" but not "yo tengo"
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when do i need to use yo and when not?
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updated Jan 18, 2011
posted by maimmer
Pleaser remember that correct spelling and capitalization are mandatory on this site, welcome to the forum:) - 00494d19, Jan 18, 2011
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Yo soy and yo tengo the yo is not required in any of them nor any other first person verb congugation as the verb congugation makes it redundant, you only use the personal pronoun in some cases to avoid ambiguity.
updated Jan 18, 2011
posted by kenwilliams
or emphasis - 0074b507, Jan 18, 2011
More oten emphasis (contrast) than ambiguity. - samdie, Jan 18, 2011
Yes that's probably what I meant to say. - kenwilliams, Jan 18, 2011
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There are already countless threads which deal with this topic.
Have a look at this one, for example: on the subject of subject pronouns
If you want further discussions, you could also try doing a search of prior threads with the key words subject pronouns.
updated Jan 18, 2011
edited by Izanoni1
posted by Izanoni1
