2007-06-02 17:36:22 · 22 answers · asked by Super Feo 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
you mean Mande?
2007-06-02 17:39:21 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Mande" .... or even more correctly "Mande Ud."
(pronounced Mawn - day, not Monday)
This is how I ask "What?" but it is VERY regional, used primarily in some parts of Mexico, and here in California where I live. Most people in other countries do not understand it, and it's actually bothersome to them because it's so unique.
The more common expression would be ¿Cómo? or ¿Perdón?
Mande (from Mande Ud. ) is literally a command that is translated "Give your order!" It was left over in the some parts of America from the days when there were such distinct social classes, that the peons (primarily mestizos) were more like slaves of their wealthy Spanish owners (well ...employers). If someone from this class were to call to someone from a lower class, the lower class individual would respond with "Mande Ud.," to indicate that whatever that person ordered, the peon would carry it out.
This is why it's so odd to many Spanish speakers. Friends of mine from Spain and South America always responded oddly when I used this term, and would teasingly say "Ok, I order you to....."
Although this is a regional term that I recommend avoiding unless you are dealing with Mexicans, it is nonetheless a perfectly respectable term in Mexico (and California), and a very polite way to ask "What?" when you did not hear what was said. In fact, parents teach their children to respond "Mande" instead of "¿Qué?" which is not polite.
By the way, it is NOT slang. Many people think that Spanish words which are unique to certain regions of the world are slang, which is incorrect.
2007-06-02 19:17:54 · answer #2 · answered by Mimii 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The correct word is "que". To sound more polite in my country we say "Si?" Which means yes. We say it this way as a way to let the person know we are listening and are willing to do as requested in a polite way.
2007-06-02 17:48:20 · answer #3 · answered by Jeannette R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"what" as a response of a questions would be "Mande". It sounds like Monday if you put an "i" at the end of "Mande"
Mande would be the polite way to say "what" in spanish.
2007-06-02 17:51:05 · answer #4 · answered by Chiva$ 4 Life 3 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Que triste dia
2016-05-19 22:43:35 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is que.
Que sounds nothing like monday or lunes. What language is this?
2007-06-03 03:29:43 · answer #6 · answered by KW 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its mande wich means order, or command me like order something to me
it's pronnounced man-dhe
2007-06-02 19:06:25 · answer #7 · answered by ? 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I guess you mean
mande
it is used only in very few countries: Mexico is one.
2007-06-03 09:30:19 · answer #8 · answered by Martha P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That would be Vos, not to be confused with a formal usted. Go with Vos because Mande for me is more archaic in usage and its also a tribal West African language. In Spain vos would sound more polite.
2007-06-02 17:53:00 · answer #9 · answered by Mr. Vitamin C 4 · 0⤊ 5⤋
OK. i KNOW a lot of people have said this but it is "que" but you can also say... "como". I know this because i am hispanic. good luck.
2007-06-02 18:22:23 · answer #10 · answered by Tess 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The answer to that question would be "mande"
2007-06-02 19:07:40 · answer #11 · answered by ~MiZz JeSsIcA~ 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋