Soy yo el que vine... or "soy yo el que vino..."?

Question

What is often heard is >"Soy yo el que vine ayer a ... " (I am the one who came yesterday to...) but I think that >"Soy yo el que vino ayer a ... " is the correct sentence because the object that performs the action is 'el que vino' and not "yo", just that they end up being the same person (if you are not convinced rephrase in the following order, which means the same: "El que vino ayer a ..., soy yo.") I thought that the first alternative was definitely wrong and the second right, until I read that, for instance, in French both analogous sentences are accepted. _Question_: Are both correct in Spanish?

Answer 1

La diferencia fundamental es que “yo vine” y “la que vino” expresan la misma persona, pero no tienen la misma estructura gramatical.

Soy + la/el que + verbo en tercera persona:

1. Soy la que vino ayer.
2. Soy el que llamó.
3. Ella es la que ganó.
4. Él es el que llegó primero.

Yo + verbo en primera persona:

1. Yo vine ayer.
2. Yo llamé.
3. Yo gané.
4. Yo llegué primero.

Entonces, en tu caso particular, la clave está en entender quién es el sujeto gramatical del verbo “vino”.

Answer 2

"Soy el que vino ayer" (Im the one that came yesterday) You are talking about yourself in pass sentence. (Vino = came)

"Soy yo el que viene ayer a" ( Im the one that is coming yesterday) You are mixing pass with present (Viene = coming)

When it comes to Spanish depends how you spell the word can it means a lot of things:

Example:

Hay = es de haber (there = of there)

ahí = es de lugar (there = of place)

ay = es de exclamación ("ouch" = of exclamation)