¿Tienes mucho trabajo hoy?

Question

Quiero escribir esto en Inglés:

Hola hombre, ¿Cómo te está yendo? ¿Tienes mucho trabajo hoy?

Hi man, How are you doing? a lot work today?

me gustaría sabar cual es la forma correcta. I would like to know the correct form.

sabar ----> "saber" - amykay, Sep 7, 2011

si, saber gracias. - tomasxenix, Sep 7, 2011

de nada, you can correct it by hitting the "edit" button. - amykay, Sep 7, 2011

Answer 1

As suggested in earlier comments, your exact choice of phrase would depend on where you are:

Hola hombre:

Hola:

Hi - Standard British

Hey - More American

Hombre:

Mate - Very British

Man - More American though standard usage in much of the UK

Bro - Ameican/British/Australian/New Zealand

Bru - South African and maybe Australian New Zealandian

Boet - South African

Bra - Specific to some parts of South Wales

Butt - Welsh, would be used 'alright butt' rather than with 'hi' or 'hey'

¿Cómo te está yendo?:

How's it going? - literal translation

How you going? - similar meaning (the 'are' is implicit (how are you going)

How you doing? - similar meaning (again the are is implicit and not said)

¿Tienes mucho trabajo hoy?:

Much work on today? - As you are talking informally, it does not fit to say 'Do you have..., have you got... etc. It is implied

A lot of work on today?

It's hard to explain the function of the 'on'. Without it it does not sound natural to me (British). It refers, thinking about it, to 'on your agenda', 'on your plate', basically 'to do'.

Or the many possible combinations from the above, I would say:

Hi mate. How's it going? Much work on today?

excellent reply mate - billygoat, Sep 7, 2011

Cheers man. How about 'Alright butt, 'ows i' goin'? Much work on today or wha'? Wha being pronounced like what without the t. - afowen, Sep 7, 2011

You Brits are so weird. haha. In the U.S., the "on" sounds totally weird. We'd say, "Got a lot of work today?" - MrSillyInc, Sep 7, 2011

Which is more weird, us or the 'on'? :-) - afowen, Sep 7, 2011

thanks. - tomasxenix, Sep 7, 2011

In the U.S., we would never say "on." - JoyceM, Nov 28, 2012

Answer 2

Pues, yo creo que, cuando se habla con amigos, "do you have a lot of work today?" suena casi demasiado formal. Una frase más común es "Got..." o "ya' got". Así que, "You got a lot of work today?" o "Got a lot of work today?" serían más apropriados (según mi opinón). Sin embargo, esas dos frases sonarían como "Ya' gotta' lotta' work today?" o "Gotta' lotta' work today?" (no estoy muy seguro como escribirlo, pero eso debe servir... ). También puedes echar "to do" en la frase después de "work". Las dos opciones quieren decir casi lo mismo, pero usar "to do" creo que sería más común. Eso sonaría así: "Ya' gotta' lotta' work duh do duhday?" (el "uh" es /?/, que también está en "ya","gotta" y "lotta").

Answer 3

Hi man! How are you? Do you have a lot of work today?

Answer 4

Hi man! In England we would often say.....Hi mate!

How's it going? or How are you doing? or often we drop the 'are' and just say... How you doing?

Do you have much work to do today? or Do you have much work on today?

Answer 5

Hi man, how you are going? Do you have much work today?

two seconds apart :) - 0066c384, Sep 7, 2011

Hi man, how are you doing? (we wouldn't say "going" in this case) - Jeremias, Sep 7, 2011

Answer 6

Hey man. How are you doing? Do you have much work today?

Answer 7

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