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What does "tu si puedo" mean in Spanish?

I don't really understand the use of "si" in sentences like that.

Update:

sorry for the confusion with accents, there's an accent no the tu but not on the si. and it's just part of a sentence, it's not the full sentence, which is:

Sabes tu(accent) si puedo usar el computador del laboratorio?

Update 2:

sorry for the confusion with accents, there's an accent no the tu but not on the si. and it's just part of a sentence, it's not the full sentence, which is:

Sabes tu(accent) si puedo usar el computador del laboratorio?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    Tú sí puedes/Yo sí puedo mean Yes you can/ Yes I can

    The word "sí" in this phrase is to make emphasize the action or what is intended by the verb (that in this case is "can")

    Source(s): Native Spanish speaker
  • 1 decade ago

    Tú sí puedes Yes, you can.

    Sí is an afirmation in this sentence when it has the accent mark.

    In the case of Sabes tú si puedo usar el computador del laboratorio? In this casi SI without an accent mark is the same as IF in english.

    Do you know IF I can use the computer at the laboratory?

    Cheers!

    Source(s): NSS
  • 1 decade ago

    I don't think it means anything. That phrase just doesn't make sense.

    Tu is the familiar form of you

    Puedo is the first-person singular present tense of the verb poder, to be able to, and thus means "I can"

    Si (without the accent) means "if"

    So "si puedo" means "if I can"

    Adding the tu doesn't make sense because now you're mixing persons (first and second)

  • 1 decade ago

    Si without an accent means "if"

    So that would mean "You if I can" which doesn't make much sense..

    If you meant to put an accent on the i like sí, then that sentence wouldn't really make sense either. Buttttt if it is supposed to be "tú sí puedes," then that would mean "Yes You Can" and that's a fairly common expression

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  • 1 decade ago

    si = if

    sí = yes

    tú si puedo = you, if I can

    tú sí puedo = you, yes I can

    It's hard to tell without the rest of the sentence.

  • 1 decade ago

    that sentence really doesn't make sence but if u ment "yo si puedo" then it means yes i can

    there are two types of "si"

    the one with an accent means yes

    the one without means if/but

  • Louis
    Lv 5
    1 decade ago

    you yes I can

    You must mean : tu si puedes: you, yes you can

  • 1 decade ago

    it means, "you if i can"

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