Tuyo or Tuya

Question

Why in Estrella Morente's cover of "Volver" does she say

               "Tuya es su vida"
               "Tuyo es su querer"

I know it means "his life is yours" " His wants are yours"

but why the two different forms of tuyo? If a female is singing the song it makes sense that "yours" would both be feminine.

Answer 1

Songs are not invariably grammatical.

Invert the two sentences to a non-rhythmic form and you get:

"Su vida es tuya" = "his life is yours" "Su querer es tuyo" = "his wish(es) is/are your (life understood but not spoken")

I hope this a) helps and b) is correct.

Answer 2

When "tuyo/tuya" refers to a noun (in this case "querer") it takes the masculine form.

Tim

Sorry Tim but that's not so. Tuyo/tuya is an adjective and must agree with the noun as in the original example "vida tuya". - geofc, Nov 12, 2012

I meant when it refers to a masculine noun it takes the masculine form - and I believe that when verbs are treated as nouns they are considered to be masculine. - gsdfsggs, Nov 12, 2012

Answer 3

If a female is singing the song it makes sense that "yours" would both be feminine.

Good question.

It's not about the speaker; it's about the noun that "tuyo/tuya" is modifying.

La casa es tuya. (casa is feminine)

El libro es tuyo. (libro is masculine)

...and "su querer es tuyo". - geofc, Nov 12, 2012