I don't understand Soy yo.

Question

I don't understand how ,when or why you would say soy yo. Soy =I am Yo=I Please help.

Answer 1

I guess it can be used at different times, but most commonly I see it used to mean "It's me."

Yup. Much more logical. "It's me." What is me? "It's raining". What is raining? - rabbitwho, Mar 18, 2011

I agree with this, and think it is the only correct answer on this page. - Goyo, Mar 18, 2011

Answer 2

Soy yo. It's me. It's the only way I've ever heard of saying "it's me". And you do need the personal pronoun "yo", it doesn't make sense without it. Can you imagine knocking on the door and someone hollers "who is it" and you holler "I am!". The conversation would never end.....

Answer 3

The biggest difference is that in English we say "It is I" and in Spanish it's different. It's their way of saying the same thing.

Answer 4

You don't need the personal pronoun because the verb tells you who the subject is. However, sometimes people want to emphasize the subject, and then and only then do they use the personal pronoun.

That's generally true, but I don't think it works with "Soy yo". - Goyo, Mar 18, 2011

Answer 5

soy is i am because spanish doesnt need the i you he... ect its not like english and(yo) means i so all the sentence i think mean it's me or iam me or something like that

thanks wish you understand

Answer 6

Changing a bit what Julian said (which is correct), one can also say "La persona que te quiere más que nadie soy yo."

Same goes for eres tú, et al.

Answer 7

Aside from "It is I," "Soy yo" is something that would be used as only part of a sentence, ie: "Soy yo, la persona que te quiere más que nadie." (It is I, the person who loves you more than anyone).

You could also say "Soy la persona que......" but with this structure there is less emphasis placed on " I. "

Answer 8

soy yo = it´s me. soy (on it´s own) needs to be followed with something... soy inglés = I am English; soy de Panamá = I am from Panama; soy alto = I am tall.... etc. and when you want to say (e.g., to the teacher in class, when you put your hand up to answer something) you say "yo, yo, yo" = "me, me, me"