Es muy tu vida

Sun, Mar 13, 2016

The expression es tu vida, it's your life, can be modified by inserting muy before the noun phrase.

As you can see, the use of muy doesn't really change the phrase's translation into English. It just expresses more clearly the exasperation or determination of the speaker.

This muy + noun phrase construction is common in related expressions where the idea of independence is involved.

This curious use of muy is worth keeping in mind, since as you can see from the glosses above, the word very doesn't appear in the English version. All of above expressions can work without muy, but its inclusion lends a touch of emphasis or aggression.

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