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In northern Mexico it is common to reply when asked "Como estas" with "Muy bien, gracias a Dios." Took me a while to figure out the speaker was NOT saying "Very well, goodbye," but rather "Very well, thanks to God." Another video with so many wonderful insights I can use at once. I am subscribed and please keep making new episodes.
This is a common reply in most religious cultures. For example, in Hebrew people say "Baruch HaShem" or in Arabic "Alhamdulillah" after thanking someone.
In Mazatlán I noticed that when acquaintances pass on the street, but don’t stop to chat, they say “a Dios” to one another. It took me a little while to figure it out.
"Adiós" is the same as "bye bye". Adiós is said when somebody was visiting other people and he is leaving and maybe he/she won't come back or doesn't know if some time he/she will. But it also is used for some people as a greeting, understanding that I see you when you pass near to you and you also saw me, since for us Mexicans is disrespectful just pass without greeting or saying something. (You always should say hola or buenos buenos días or another greeting just to indicate that I saw you are there and I'm just passing by). Note: when you are passing many times the same day or the same moment you don't need to say adios every time :), just the first time. If you don't greet people might gossip "paso como burro = he/she passed like he/she was a donkey".
My coworker Raúl has been saying “Qué onda wey” to me every morning for years! I knew it was a greeting of some sort but wasn’t 100% sure of its exact meaning until now! Thanks María! JR
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I consider myself a rather intermediate speaker of Spanish. I can hold deep conversation in Spanish. That said, I really appreciate this video, because it shows me that I still don’t know local/regional dialects/slang. Which gives me new perspective on my abilities. You definitely have a new subscriber!
When living in South America I always found it interesting how people asked multiple times “how are you” using several of your examples. I found people to be very curious about how their friends were doing. I’m North America by contrast we tend to as only once as a formality before moving on in the conversation. I found the multiple questions odd at first but then got to really like it because I knew that they really wanted to know because the truly cared. It’s something we could do more of in Canada and the USA. Thanks for the reminder.
Muchas gracias por la leccion, muy interesante. In UK English it is common to say "how's it goin" (excuse the slang!) and I thought when you were considering meanings for "Como andas" that this is a close (contraction) translation of "how's it goin". I have used the verb Andar in Spain, usually to talk about going for a walk and thanks to you I now have another term I'm not likely to forget so gracias, Steve
After finally taking the plunge and beginning to learn Spanish this year I want to be able to have the same flexibility in conversation that I do in English and rather than say "oh well, I know how to say something one way good enough for me" be able speak with nuance and variety so this is very helpful!
Estoy agradecido, por encontrar esta canal de espanol. A veces, cuando miro progamas de espanol, ellos dicen “ Que hubo?”. How is that translated to english? And how or when can we use it?
Muchas gracias. I live in southern New Mexico transplanted from Michigan in 2008 and still learning Spanish. My neighbor is trying to teach me Spanish slang and phrases, which I think is very important. In English we say "if you snooze you lose". Ayer, Juan me dijo , "Sales a bailar, pierdes tu lugar." Hace sentido.?
That sounds more like "Move your feet, lose your seat!"; "you snooze you lose" can be more accurately translated to "camaron que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente".
@@carloscardo2805 I thought it meant if "you leave to dance, you lose your place." We went bowling and he missed a shot, I said "Juan Que paso.?" He said "El tren, no pito" I guess when you screw up, the train doesn't whistle. If we make a lucky shot he says , "Nice sapo!" Yeah I think sapo is frog, but he uses it for a slop/lucky shot. This slang stuff is important, but I think it's regional isn't it.? Juan says the slang here is different in other places. I've almost given up trying to figure out why things are said like that, just trying to remember and use it.
Mi preferida es: ¿que pasa? Que pasa tío?😂😂😂 mi marido (italiano/madrileño) la usa muchísimo hablando con sus amigos en España😄 This is my favorite, my husband use this frase very often when he talks with his friends in Spain😄😍
Excellent videos! I live in Canada, and here, a reference to "chunks" is usually related to vomit with "chunks", "ya he was hurling chunks last night"...too much tequila. Haha! Thank you for the tutorials they are very helpful!
I went to Mexico and everyone said I sound like a Loco, I was like yeah I’m good! Not sure why they were looking at me funny but who cares, I’m a Loco😎
It would be nice if I lived in a spanish speaking community. I learned some spanish but I only use english in my everyday life so I have forgotten most of what I have learned.
Otra forma en espanol dominicano es KLK o que lo que. Y en espanol cubano dicen que bola. Me gusta cambiar mi acento y saludos cada dia 🤣.. KLK manito como tu ta'?????
I can't use number 4, que cuentas. They will start telling me a story and I understand less then nothing. Even if I know half the words if spoken slowly but once Spanish speakers start speaking, every word I know I don't hear it in their sentence
As a kid back in the 60s in Morelia, we used to say: "cyúbole" which must come from "Qué hubo Le" (?) which isn't really grammatical either. Is that still used I wonder?
Only Mexicans say Wey. I was practicing Spanish w my cousin from Bolivia and said it, and she laughed and told me I sound like a Mexican (who are some of my favorite people btw). Apparently some think this is derived from "buey," which is like an ox I think? But I actually wonder if it comes from the Nahuatl word "Huey/Hueyi," which is a kind of honorific, for example "Huey Tlatoani" (Great speaker). It's just a theory, but if true, totally changes the context while also explaining why only Mexicans use it.
Actually it doesn't have anything to do with ant Tlatoani, it is more like an ox, a buey. This is actually a bad word, it's rude, offensive to say this word to a person who is not actually a very good friends. It's like saying "hey you dumb, hey you fool". Some parents don't allow their sons to use that word, it's disrespectful. You needed to be very good friends to use the word and not to offend each other.
@@guadalupeguerrero1185 You are right, it comes from "buey", which original meaning is "ox", and it's offensive. Also there's this other slang meaning of "guey", which is a man whose wife/girlfriend is cheating on him. As in the phrase, "le pusieron los cuernos".
The verb contar is where it comes from. If I’m going to tell you a story, or “give you an account”, say “te voy a contar algo”, or you can say “cuénteme los chismes”(tell me the gossip story). Que cuentas is a second person of that verb contar. It is similar to a bill at a restaurant because the bill is giving an account of your items you ordered.
@@aldex0897 Yes It does exist, probably not where you live, but here in the southwest U.S. and Mexico it does. And you are right, "que pasa, tio" would sound weird here and in Mexico.
@@margaritakleinman5701 i have searched information and u are right, it does exist, i think that way of saying how are u is used when you are surprised
"¿Cómo amaneció?" ~ "How did you sleep?" An informal morning greeting to friends, very common in Baja Sur. The ritual reply is "Muy bien, y ¿tú/Usted?"
Que ganas de complicarle la vida a alguien que esta aprendiendo el idioma, no? (sin contar que algunas de esas alternativas pueden caer mal si el interlocutor no es una persona cercana o que se tiene confianza)
@@guadalupeguerrero1185 this area has a lot of people from PR & the DR. The other thing is the way languages change in new/different environments. Among ourselves we call it la mezcla. It has greatly enriched my life, too.
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Como estas?
Cool video series thank you, however it's a little ironic when you begin the video about alternatives to como estas with como estan JS ;-)
you forgot que pedo?
I truly love how rich and varied is the Spanish language!!! Soooo many options to say "how are you"!!!
😍 Yeah! It's amazing!
I think that most languages have many versions of saying this
In northern Mexico it is common to reply when asked "Como estas" with "Muy bien, gracias a Dios." Took me a while to figure out the speaker was NOT saying "Very well, goodbye," but rather "Very well, thanks to God."
Another video with so many wonderful insights I can use at once.
I am subscribed and please keep making new episodes.
We also reply very often: "Bien, ¿y tú? = "I'm good, how about you?".
This is a common reply in most religious cultures. For example, in Hebrew people say "Baruch HaShem" or in Arabic "Alhamdulillah" after thanking someone.
This made me laugh way to hard lmfao 😂
In Mazatlán I noticed that when acquaintances pass on the street, but don’t stop to chat, they say “a Dios” to one another. It took me a little while to figure it out.
"Adiós" is the same as "bye bye". Adiós is said when somebody was visiting other people and he is leaving and maybe he/she won't come back or doesn't know if some time he/she will. But it also is used for some people as a greeting, understanding that I see you when you pass near to you and you also saw me, since for us Mexicans is disrespectful just pass without greeting or saying something. (You always should say hola or buenos buenos días or another greeting just to indicate that I saw you are there and I'm just passing by). Note: when you are passing many times the same day or the same moment you don't need to say adios every time :), just the first time. If you don't greet people might gossip "paso como burro = he/she passed like he/she was a donkey".
My coworker Raúl has been saying “Qué onda wey” to me every morning for years! I knew it was a greeting of some sort but wasn’t 100% sure of its exact meaning until now! Thanks María!
JR
"Wey" is short, I have been told, for "buey " (oxen) but is NOT the insult a literal translation would imply.
@@ronaldbassett5142 It's actually guey
@@Firstname_Surname thx for the clarification
@@Firstname_Surname where's the "ü"?
@@Firstname_Surname see the Wikipedia entry and the claim there is that ot was ordinary "buey" as I posted above.
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I’ve also heard “¿Qué rollo?” for “what’s up!” from some friends and family in Mexico
I consider myself a rather intermediate speaker of Spanish. I can hold deep conversation in Spanish. That said, I really appreciate this video, because it shows me that I still don’t know local/regional dialects/slang. Which gives me new perspective on my abilities. You definitely have a new subscriber!
When living in South America I always found it interesting how people asked multiple times “how are you” using several of your examples. I found people to be very curious about how their friends were doing. I’m North America by contrast we tend to as only once as a formality before moving on in the conversation. I found the multiple questions odd at first but then got to really like it because I knew that they really wanted to know because the truly cared. It’s something we could do more of in Canada and the USA. Thanks for the reminder.
When they ask you "how are you?", you usually answer "bien, ¿y tú?, to show that you also care.
Verdad!
Muchas gracias por la leccion, muy interesante. In UK English it is common to say "how's it goin" (excuse the slang!) and I thought when you were considering meanings for "Como andas" that this is a close (contraction) translation of "how's it goin". I have used the verb Andar in Spain, usually to talk about going for a walk and thanks to you I now have another term I'm not likely to forget so gracias, Steve
Quihubo Maria, gracias por todo
Speaking of "onda", I love the phrase "agarra la onda". Very cool expression!
After finally taking the plunge and beginning to learn Spanish this year I want to be able to have the same flexibility in conversation that I do in English and rather than say "oh well, I know how to say something one way good enough for me" be able speak with nuance and variety so this is very helpful!
Gracias .
¡Qué chido María!
You are a fantastic teacher keep up the good work, two thumbs up for you
I think Que Pasa is so well known it basically doubles as English at this point. :)
@Perry John No estoy seguro de lo que estás preguntando. ¿Si necesito ayuda con qué?
ah these videos bring a little bit of beautiful Mexican sunshine into my life!
Great video.can you make a video about differences between European spanish,and Mexican spanish please
Estoy agradecido, por encontrar esta canal de espanol. A veces, cuando miro progamas de espanol, ellos dicen “ Que hubo?”. How is that translated to english? And how or when can we use it?
It's like saying: What's up?
Gracias😊😊
Muchas gracias. I live in southern New Mexico transplanted from Michigan in 2008 and still learning Spanish. My neighbor is trying to teach me Spanish slang and phrases, which I think is very important. In English we say "if you snooze you lose". Ayer, Juan me dijo , "Sales a bailar, pierdes tu lugar." Hace sentido.?
That sounds more like "Move your feet, lose your seat!"; "you snooze you lose" can be more accurately translated to "camaron que se duerme se lo lleva la corriente".
@@carloscardo2805 I thought it meant if "you leave to dance, you lose your place." We went bowling and he missed a shot, I said "Juan Que paso.?" He said "El tren, no pito" I guess when you screw up, the train doesn't whistle. If we make a lucky shot he says , "Nice sapo!" Yeah I think sapo is frog, but he uses it for a slop/lucky shot. This slang stuff is important, but I think it's regional isn't it.? Juan says the slang here is different in other places. I've almost given up trying to figure out why things are said like that, just trying to remember and use it.
Good!!!
Estando en Guatemala dije que tal y como vas. Y obtuve muchas sunrises amistosas. Mejor que decir, como estas.
Loved this one ❤️
Me gusta gracias
Mi preferida es: ¿que pasa? Que pasa tío?😂😂😂 mi marido (italiano/madrileño) la usa muchísimo hablando con sus amigos en España😄
This is my favorite, my husband use this frase very often when he talks with his friends in Spain😄😍
🙃 En México, la gente se sorprende porque "tío" solo quiere decir "uncle". Seguro nuestra frase "qué onda" debe ser extraña para la gente de España.
QUE ONDA!
Aprecio tu video! Uso el frase "Qué estas haciendo." ¿Es eso común?
Sí, Bastante Común. Tambien Puedes Decir "Que Andas Haciendo"
Thank you so much. Please keep making more videos like this. You are an awesome teacher
Thx for the various phrases.
👍✌❤
Excellent videos! I live in Canada, and here, a reference to "chunks" is usually related to vomit with "chunks", "ya he was hurling chunks last night"...too much tequila. Haha! Thank you for the tutorials they are very helpful!
Thanks
Hola ¿podemos usar esas palabras en España?
I went to Mexico and everyone said I sound like a Loco, I was like yeah I’m good! Not sure why they were looking at me funny but who cares, I’m a Loco😎
Ese loco locote! Qué pedo wey
great video
🥰 Glad you enjoyed it! Which phrase do you think you'll use more often?
I love que onda!
It would be nice if I lived in a spanish speaking community. I learned some spanish but I only use english in my everyday life so I have forgotten most of what I have learned.
Tu eres de south america or españa?
Otra forma en espanol dominicano es KLK o que lo que. Y en espanol cubano dicen que bola. Me gusta cambiar mi acento y saludos cada dia 🤣.. KLK manito como tu ta'?????
¿Como estás? Is an every day question for us native speakers.
I can't use number 4, que cuentas. They will start telling me a story and I understand less then nothing. Even if I know half the words if spoken slowly but once Spanish speakers start speaking, every word I know I don't hear it in their sentence
I like que pues
Cuando vivía en España hace muchos años, me acuerdo que decímos "Qué hay?" en vez de "Qué hay de nuevo?" Me pregunto si es así también en México.
En Nuevo Mexico, se dice "Que hubo"?
Exacatamente...
As a kid back in the 60s in Morelia, we used to say: "cyúbole" which must come from "Qué hubo Le" (?) which isn't really grammatical either. Is that still used I wonder?
I know and have heard that phrase for years.
🤔 I will try "Hey, que onda" with some of the girls at work.
Eso es más mexicano, pero... Creo se pueda entender😄
This is more a mexican way to say, but I think they will understand👍😄
😊 Tell us how it goes!
Ojalá que sí... 😊 Igual y nos cuenta cómo le fue.
@@marikaserasini2315 That's right, "Hey Qué Onda" is a Mexican Slang Expression. Muy bien tú sí sabes! 🇲🇽🔥😎🤙🏻
Only Mexicans say Wey. I was practicing Spanish w my cousin from Bolivia and said it, and she laughed and told me I sound like a Mexican (who are some of my favorite people btw). Apparently some think this is derived from "buey," which is like an ox I think? But I actually wonder if it comes from the Nahuatl word "Huey/Hueyi," which is a kind of honorific, for example "Huey Tlatoani" (Great speaker). It's just a theory, but if true, totally changes the context while also explaining why only Mexicans use it.
That's a very interesting theory.
Actually it doesn't have anything to do with ant Tlatoani, it is more like an ox, a buey. This is actually a bad word, it's rude, offensive to say this word to a person who is not actually a very good friends. It's like saying "hey you dumb, hey you fool". Some parents don't allow their sons to use that word, it's disrespectful. You needed to be very good friends to use the word and not to offend each other.
@@guadalupeguerrero1185 You are right, it comes from "buey", which original meaning is "ox", and it's offensive. Also there's this other slang meaning of "guey", which is a man whose wife/girlfriend is cheating on him. As in the phrase, "le pusieron los cuernos".
Güey
According to my dictionary "cuenta" is bill or check "cuento" is story
The verb contar is where it comes from. If I’m going to tell you a story, or “give you an account”, say “te voy a contar algo”, or you can say “cuénteme los chismes”(tell me the gossip story). Que cuentas is a second person of that verb contar. It is similar to a bill at a restaurant because the bill is giving an account of your items you ordered.
Hanging out on my terraza in Progreso, with pulpo ceviche and Indio, watching this. Todo Bien, guey.
Would “qué onda” make any sense in other countries besides Mexico, will they at least know what you mean?
How about "quiubole"? I've heard that a lot from friends from Mexico DF.
That doesn't even exist, as a spanish i'd recommend "¿que pasa tío?" But only when talking with a spaniard, to a mexican that would sound weird
@@aldex0897 Yes It does exist, probably not where you live, but here in the southwest U.S. and Mexico it does. And you are right, "que pasa, tio" would sound weird here and in Mexico.
@@margaritakleinman5701 i have searched information and u are right, it does exist, i think that way of saying how are u is used when you are surprised
@@aldex0897 No, it's just a way of saying "what's up?"
Here in Tamaulipas we say Que Pedo, but every one says that's more of an Agressive way, unless its worth people you know.
What's wrong with saying como estas? I'm a native spanish speaker and I always say that
It´s not wrong. Just cool to have more options! We all speak differently based on our personalities and experiences.
"Oye Como Va" el cancion de Santana.
Yes but that's a slightly different meaning. It's referring to listening to how a song or rhythm goes.
"¿Cómo amaneció?" ~ "How did you sleep?" An informal morning greeting to friends, very common in Baja Sur. The ritual reply is "Muy bien, y ¿tú/Usted?"
Hehe... What about "qué hongo?" 🌚
¡Que onda!
😊 ¡¿Qué tal?!
María Fernanda: “Hola amigos. ¿Cómo están?”
Yo: ¿Qué te pasa?
que onda? what oscillates?
What’s shakin’?
'Como Andas' might better translate into English as "How is it going?
#5 in english would be a phrase similar to "how are you getting along"
¡Como está la movida?
The Spanish speakers I employ say “Que royo way hefe ” to me every morning. I am told it means “what’s poppin boss?”
¿Mande? No, seriously, this was good.
0:10 "Creéme" está mal escrito, la tilde es en la primera e.
In English sometimes I ask my amigos “how’s life treating you?”
I say the same; I find that people will actually respond with how their life is, if you say this instead of “how are you?”
Que ganas de complicarle la vida a alguien que esta aprendiendo el idioma, no? (sin contar que algunas de esas alternativas pueden caer mal si el interlocutor no es una persona cercana o que se tiene confianza)
Si Es Verdad El "Como Estas" Se Usa Igual O Mas Que Las Opciones Que Dijo
Después de un tiempo largo - ¿Que hay de nuevo?
Después de un gran cambio de vida - ¿Que cuentas?
I’m an imposter but a lot of my clients will say to me, “qué tu haces/qué haces?” Or, “qué fue?” Estoy aprendiendo los todos veces.
In what country?
@@guadalupeguerrero1185 in the US just outside of New York City
"¿Que tú haces?" sounds like from Puerto Rico. In Mexico we say just "¿Que haces?".
@@guadalupeguerrero1185 this area has a lot of people from PR & the DR. The other thing is the way languages change in new/different environments. Among ourselves we call it la mezcla. It has greatly enriched my life, too.
What about :¿ Que más?
¡Qué húbole!
que hubo güey
y como dicen los cubanos: asere que bola
y en el RD: que lo que loco
How are you going along. .hun
How are you Maria
@Perry John what’s that mean?
Que Onda is what's your vib?
Maria do you watch Telemundo 😄
🙈 Nope! I don't! Why?
@@springspanish I was just asking because I Mexicans like telenovelas😄
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@@springspanish Wow that's great I can't wait to see it😀👍
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En mexicano qué onda Huey.
Onda I hear it I think mushrooms ongos
lol @ hola wey
Esta bien? O que tal?
We say que rollo or que sho
En México, Nos también decimos “que pedo”. En inglés es “What fart”
spanish teacher, say, "como estas".
other spanish teacher: never say, "como estas".
And then she uses "como estas" at the beginning herself. Heheh
Stop saying this. Stop saying that. People need to learn the traditional way to speak Spanish.
Que vas?
My Panamanian friends say “que sopa”
Faltó el "qué pedo" la versión del "qué onda" para los cuates, los amigos, los hermanos del alma
?Como le Va?
Si sé¿Qué más pues?y¿qué más?
Nunca he escuchado esa expresion, de que pais es?
@@margaritakleinman5701 Colombia🇨🇴
@@dawoudalbader9337 Ok gracias, hoy aprendi algo nuevo! 😊
How about ¿Qué tal estás?
Nadien quiere estar Como Loco!
¿Que Pedo?
Yup! That works too, but only with people you get along with very well!
It's also used in informal contexts only.
Como andas means "How's it hanging"
Como te va ?
What's your word...What's ya sayin
¿Qué húbole?
Aprendí de un Colombiano...¿cómo va todo?
Just say instead "Que pedo buey?"
😊¿que onda? Nicaraguans ask this a lot also ¿cual está tu onda?
teaching Spanish to someone else that isn’t Spanish speakers You must be specific about what kinds of Spanish do you teach, Mexican Spanish is a big different between it and another region where Spanish is a main language
#9: que pedo te gorgorea
#10: que tranza
#11: que fue primo
#12: quiongos con yuki
Would it be better....Saying sus Familia than tu Familia?