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colibri1

Mar 11, 2012, 9:23 AM

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si yo fuera mujer

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This might sound obvious, until you look up 'fuera'. Subject of friendly debate...help Sergio...what does it mean? From a song covered by 5ta Estacion.
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M

mazbook1

Mar 11, 2012, 9:56 AM

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Sergio might be a better bet, but if I were translating that song title to English, it would be "If I were a woman".

La Isla

Mar 11, 2012, 10:33 AM

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Fuera is the past subjunctive of the verb ser, so in this sentence it means were and expresses an imaginary situation. The person singing this line is obviously not a woman. It's rather like the song from Fiddler on the Roof, which begins If I were a rich man, which is sung by Tevye, a poor man.

mazbook1

Mar 11, 2012, 11:04 AM

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Thanks for the more comprehensive explanation, La Isla. I'm a bit weak on exact grammatical terminology, so your explanation is welcomed (by me, at least).

La Isla

Mar 11, 2012, 11:14 AM

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Thanks for the more comprehensive explanation, La Isla. I'm a bit weak on exact grammatical terminology, so your explanation is welcomed (by me, at least).

A sus órdenes, Sr. mazbook1. In another life I was a Spanish teacher, so these explanations come easily to me

colibri1

Mar 11, 2012, 11:19 AM

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¡Ja! I'm vindicated!!!!! gracias.

La Isla

Mar 11, 2012, 11:26 AM

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¡Ja! I'm vindicated!!!!! gracias.

De nada.

Reefhound

Mar 13, 2012, 10:01 AM

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The singer is Natalia Jimenez and the group (one of my faves) originally hails from Spain. If my take, "if I were a woman" is referring to a type of woman (self-respecting self-sufficient) that would stand up to men.

Si yo fuera mujer, tendría que empezar
por abrir del todo el telón de fondo del mito original
y del hombre macho
Si yo fuera mujer podría publicar
miles de razones de secreto de donjuán
las carcajadas nos harina llorar
Si yo fuera mujer a mi no m tocaban
un tonto con coche, música e fondo y pose de yo guindo
me daría el gusto de violarle a el
Y así nada de igualdad
muerte al violador
premio a la infidelidad
les haría probar eso q llaman nuestra libertad
Si yo fuera mujer
si fuera mujer
yo me tendría q querer
Si yo fuera mujer no me casaría
no, nada de sostén, nada de pastillas q las tome el
y ahora que lo sabes ahora tómame
Y así nada de igualdad
muerte al violador
premio a la infidelidad
les haría probar eso q ellos llaman nuestra libertad
Si yo fuera mujer
si fuera mujer
yo m tendría que querer
Y así nada de igualdad
muerte al violador
premio a la infidelidad
les haría probar eso q llaman nuestra libertad…
Si yo fuera mujer
si fuera mujer
yo me tendría que querer

zaragemca

May 23, 2012, 10:48 AM

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Greetings, I do agree with, La Isla, in the term. I just want to point out that there is another connotation for the word, 'fuera' in Spanish, if somebody is telling you, ' a fuera de aqui', they are telling you, to get the hell out of here, or that something is locate it, or happening out of the location in which you are standing, Gerry Zaragemca
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