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I love the spanish language so,i want to make a tattoo in spanish ,i want to write something about my daughter like ''Faye you are my soul'' please give my a good translation .I think i must write ''Faye tu mi alma'' but i m not sure

Welcome to the Q&A forum. - rac1, Apr 9, 2015

We want to welcome you here thageo, , could you give us the level you are at in Spanish . A typo in your sentence -"me a good" Buena suerte. - ray76, Apr 9, 2015

I am sure that a native Spanish speaker will wander by and help you out mate. - ray76, Apr 9, 2015

thank you - thageo, Apr 9, 2015

Answer 1

In a strictly grammar sense:

''Faye tu mi alma''

Says: Faye your my soul and not Faye you’re my soul.

There is no verb, you have two possessive pronouns in a row (tu is not tú)- it makes no sense.

The correct translation is: Faye, (tú) eres mi alma. The tú is only needed if desired for emphasis (you and no one else).

Eres mi alma gemela- I have heard this for you are my soul mate (literally twin soul)

I am not a native speaker, and would hope that you wait for input from a native speaker on how natural it would be to use this in Spanish before you tattoo it on yourself.

Here is a song lyric, with my translation:

http://foro.univision.com/t5/Cancioneros/ERES-MI-ALMA-ERES-MI-CIELO-ERES-MI-VIDA-MI-AMOR-TE/td-p/316456958

Eres mi alma, eres mi cielo- you are my soul, you are my heaven

Eres mi vida, mi amor, te quiero- you are my life, my love, I love you

Sin ti mi vida no tendria sueños!.- without you my life would not have dreams.

Good answer, Bosque :) - FELIZ77, Apr 9, 2015

thank you bosque! - thageo, Apr 9, 2015

Answer 2

Bosque is correct. You would say:

Faye, eres mi alma

= Faye, you are my soul

o...

Faye, tú eres mi alma

= Faye, you (alone) are my soul

As Bosque so rightly says the personal pronoun tú would only be used here for emphasis to make it clear that she alone (exclusively) is your soul!

I hope this helps