My ex-boyfriend was Colombian, and when we were at his home, he used to say to his mom something that sounded like "Qui-yo mami" any ideas what that was, or how to spell it?
2006-08-25 15:05:46 · 15 answers · asked by la wendada 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
we talked a lot about pronunciation...te quiero is probably the closest in meaning, but it didn't really sound like that...he usually said it when we walked i n.
thanks for you help though :D
2006-08-25 15:11:40 · update #1
i've studied spanish for 6+ years, and i haven't heard anything like it before or since...oh well, thanks!
2006-08-25 15:12:41 · update #2
That's "Qué hubo, mami?" but pronounced quickly, which makes it sound like "ky-oo-oh".
We all do that to our native languages, and usually we don't sound like the people in books ;-)
"¿Qué hubo?" is used as "What's up?" or "How's it?"
Similar expressions are "¿Qué tal?" or "¿Cómo estás?" said after "Hola", "Buenas" or a similar greeting.
2006-08-26 03:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by Calimecita 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Could have been:
"Te quiero mami" - I love you mommy!
or
"Aquà estoy mamÃ" - I'm here mommy!
You could just say: "Hola! Llegué!" which is "Hi! I'm home".
"Hola" and "Aquà estoy" o "Ya llegué" are the most popular household greetings I think.
The "Mami" part means "mommy" (as in mom, 'cause in other contexts i could also be used for a girlfriend... very tackyly though!)
Goodluck!
2006-08-25 15:11:16 · answer #2 · answered by justasking 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I lived in Colombia for 2 years and I never heard anyone say anything like Qui-yo mami. You can say "Hola" or in Colombia they say "Que hubo" meaning "what's up?"
2006-08-25 15:08:37 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
All of these answers seem like reasonable possibilities. I am wondering if it was even "Aquà yo" which is not really a sentence but maybe just something he had always said to him mom?
2006-08-25 16:43:05 · answer #4 · answered by Melanie L 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Possibly "Quiero Mama" like 'key arrow mommy' Would mean "I love you Mom"
Some others are 'Que Tal' and 'Hola'
2006-08-25 15:13:56 · answer #5 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My uncles (who are mexican) would say something that sounded like "que obo". I know spanish, but I am not familiar with what obo means... but I do know that the phrase was meant to ask "what's up/happening."
2006-08-25 15:15:07 · answer #6 · answered by Angie B 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Is it possible that an Indian(Native American) expression got in there? Lots of Latin American dialects have a little Indian mixed into their Spanish.
2006-08-25 15:21:21 · answer #7 · answered by Brigid O' Somebody 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Te quiero, mami---Luv ya, mom
2006-08-25 15:09:33 · answer #8 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Que tal? pronounced keh tal. Como andas. Que esta pasando.
2006-08-25 15:08:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
i believe its quiubo-mami... ("Que hubo mami?").. which means how are you doing... ;) its the same as "Que tal?" but in a more informal way
2006-08-25 15:24:00 · answer #10 · answered by Mario162 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋