Two friends meet and stop to chat: greetings, the weather, the weekend, family, and plans. Practice everyday conversation phrases to break the ice and say goodbye naturally.
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¡Hola! ¿Qué tal? ¿Cómo te va hoy?
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Hello! What's up? How is it going for you today? (more naturally: How are you doing today?)
¿Qué tal el finde? Dime dónde voy.
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How is the weekend? Tell me where I go. ('finde' is casual slang short for 'fin de semana', meaning weekend; more naturally: How's the weekend going? Tell me where I should go.)
Me siento muy bien, con mucha energía,
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I feel very good, with a lot of energy,
Disfrutando juntos de este nuevo día.
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Enjoying together this new day. (more naturally: Enjoying this new day together.)
Cuéntame del tiempo, ¿hace sol o lloverá?
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Tell me about the weather, is it sunny or will it rain?
Un café caliente, ¿quién nos lo traerá?
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A hot coffee, who will bring it to us?
Qué bueno verte, paremos a charlar,
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How good to see you, let's stop to chat,
Un saludo simple para empezar.
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A simple greeting to start.
¿Qué has hecho últimamente, mi buen amigo?
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What have you done lately, my good friend? (more naturally: What have you been up to lately, my good friend?)
¿Mucho trabajo, o vienes conmigo?
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A lot of work, or are you coming with me?
¿Cómo está tu familia, están todos sanos?
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How is your family, is everyone healthy?
Tengo un ratito, hablemos como hermanos.
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I have a little while, let's talk like brothers. (more naturally: I have a little bit of time, let's talk like brothers.)
¿Tienes algún plan para la semana?
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Do you have any plan for the week? (more naturally: Do you have any plans for the week?)
¿Ir al cine o dormir por la mañana?
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To go to the cinema or to sleep in the morning? (more naturally: Going to the movies or sleeping in?)
Hace un poco de frío, pero pronto pasará,
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It makes a little bit of cold, but soon it will pass, (more naturally: It's a bit cold out, but it will pass soon,)
Quizás una charla nos calentará.
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Maybe a chat will warm us up.
Cuéntame del tiempo, ¿hace sol o lloverá?
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Tell me about the weather, is it sunny or will it rain?
Un café caliente, ¿quién nos lo traerá?
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A hot coffee, who will bring it to us?
Qué bueno verte, paremos a charlar,
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How good to see you, let's stop to chat,
Un saludo simple para empezar.
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A simple greeting to start.
Una charla breve, para romper el hielo,
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A brief chat, to break the ice, ('romper el hielo' is an idiom meaning to relieve tension and get a conversation started)
Un pequeño paso, mirando al cielo.
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A small step, looking at the sky.
Esa conexión que mejora el humor,
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That connection that improves the mood,
Llenando la tarde de mucho color.
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Filling the afternoon with a lot of color.
Bueno, me despido, que tengas buen día,
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Well, I say goodbye, may you have a good day, (more naturally: Well, I'm off, have a good day,)
Nos vemos mañana, con más alegría.
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We see each other tomorrow, with more joy. (more naturally: See you tomorrow, with even more joy.)
¡Cuídate mucho, que te vaya genial!
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Take care a lot, may it go great for you! (more naturally: Take good care of yourself, hope everything goes great for you!)
Hello! What's up? How is it going for you today? (more naturally: How are you doing today?)
¿Quétalelfinde? Dimedóndevoy.
How is the weekend? Tell me where I go. ('finde' is casual slang short for 'fin de semana', meaning weekend; more naturally: How's the weekend going? Tell me where I should go.)
Mesientomuybien, conmuchaenergía,
I feel very good, with a lot of energy,
Disfrutandojuntosdeestenuevodía.
Enjoying together this new day. (more naturally: Enjoying this new day together.)
Cuéntamedeltiempo, ¿hacesololloverá?
Tell me about the weather, is it sunny or will it rain?
Uncafécaliente, ¿quiénnoslotraerá?
A hot coffee, who will bring it to us?
Québuenoverte, paremosacharlar,
How good to see you, let's stop to chat,
Unsaludosimpleparaempezar.
A simple greeting to start.
¿Quéhashechoúltimamente, mibuenamigo?
What have you done lately, my good friend? (more naturally: What have you been up to lately, my good friend?)
¿Muchotrabajo, ovienesconmigo?
A lot of work, or are you coming with me?
¿Cómoestátufamilia, estántodossanos?
How is your family, is everyone healthy?
Tengounratito, hablemoscomohermanos.
I have a little while, let's talk like brothers. (more naturally: I have a little bit of time, let's talk like brothers.)
¿Tienesalgúnplanparalasemana?
Do you have any plan for the week? (more naturally: Do you have any plans for the week?)
¿Iralcineodormirporlamañana?
To go to the cinema or to sleep in the morning? (more naturally: Going to the movies or sleeping in?)
Haceunpocodefrío, peroprontopasará,
It makes a little bit of cold, but soon it will pass, (more naturally: It's a bit cold out, but it will pass soon,)
Quizásunacharlanoscalentará.
Maybe a chat will warm us up.
Cuéntamedeltiempo, ¿hacesololloverá?
Tell me about the weather, is it sunny or will it rain?
Uncafécaliente, ¿quiénnoslotraerá?
A hot coffee, who will bring it to us?
Québuenoverte, paremosacharlar,
How good to see you, let's stop to chat,
Unsaludosimpleparaempezar.
A simple greeting to start.
Unacharlabreve, pararomperelhielo,
A brief chat, to break the ice, ('romper el hielo' is an idiom meaning to relieve tension and get a conversation started)
Unpequeñopaso, mirandoalcielo.
A small step, looking at the sky.
Esaconexiónquemejoraelhumor,
That connection that improves the mood,
Llenandolatardedemuchocolor.
Filling the afternoon with a lot of color.
Bueno, medespido, quetengasbuendía,
Well, I say goodbye, may you have a good day, (more naturally: Well, I'm off, have a good day,)
Nosvemosmañana, conmásalegría.
We see each other tomorrow, with more joy. (more naturally: See you tomorrow, with even more joy.)
¡Cuídatemucho, quetevayagenial!
Take care a lot, may it go great for you! (more naturally: Take good care of yourself, hope everything goes great for you!)
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What it's about
The song is a short conversation between friends who run into each other on the street. They greet each other, talk about the weekend, work, family, the weather, and plans for the week, and finally say goodbye. It is a review of typical charla breve (in English, small talk) that we use to start a conversation.
Useful words and expressions
¿Qué tal? / ¿Cómo te va?: informal greetings to ask how someone is doing.
el finde: colloquial form of el fin de semana.
últimamente: in the past few days or weeks.
tener un ratito: to have a little bit of free time (ratito is the diminutive of rato).
parar a charlar: to stop for a moment to talk. Charlar is to talk in a relaxed way; una charla is a conversation.
romper el hielo: to start a conversation and make the atmosphere more relaxed.
mejorar el humor: to make someone feel better.
Me despido: a phrase to say that you are leaving.
Nos vemos mañana / ¡Cuídate mucho!: very common ways to say goodbye.
Grammar
Weather with hacer: hace sol, hace un poco de frío. For rain, the verb llover is used: ¿lloverá?
Simple future: lloverá, traerá, pasará, calentará. It is used to make predictions and also to wonder about something: ¿quién nos lo traerá?
Present perfect: ¿Qué has hecho últimamente? is used for a period of time that continues up to now.
Nosotros imperative: paremos, hablemos. It is a way of suggesting something: «vamos a parar», «vamos a hablar».
Tú imperative: cuéntame, dime, cuídate. The pronouns are attached to the verb.
Wishes with que + subjunctive: que tengas buen día, que te vaya genial.
Gerund: disfrutando, mirando, llenando describe actions happening at the same time.
Pronouns together: in ¿quién nos lo traerá?, nos is to whom and lo is the coffee.
Watch out for the rhyme
«¿Qué tal el finde? Dime dónde voy.»: the second sentence is there to rhyme with hoy and doesn't make much sense in this conversation. The natural thing to say would be ¿Qué hiciste el finde? or ¿Adónde fuiste?
«Un pequeño paso, mirando al cielo»: this is a poetic image to rhyme with hielo; it is not a phrase you would say in a normal chat.
«Un café caliente, ¿quién nos lo traerá?»: this sounds a bit forced because of the rhyme. In real life you would say ¿Nos tomamos un café?
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