is it ahi viene or hay viene?

Question

I hear people in South Texas say hay viene when someone is coming, is this wrong or incorrect?

Answer 1

Ahí viene... is correct. People are used, especially when they talk fast, to say hay/ay instead of ahí. And they really mean ahí, it's a regionalism, mostly from Mexico.

Hay means There is/are, exist(s), etc.

Hay muchas formas de vida en el planeta - There are many ways of life in the planet.

Another example:

Compra comida pal gato - Compra comida para el gato.

Thanks mate I learned a lot there . - ray76, Oct 17, 2011

Answer 2

Wrong.

it is "ahí"