''que esta bien''

Question

I want to wish for somebody to be healthy and happy, which one is right 1. ''que esta bien'' or 2. ''que este bien''

:) - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 25, 2011

You might find this link interesting/helpful - http://www.cliffsnotes.com/study_guide/Subjunctive-Indicators.topicArticleId-24013,articleId-23973.html - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 25, 2011

que está bien o que esté bien - 0074b507, Nov 25, 2011

Answer 1

Me gustaría aportar con lo siguiente: I want to provide the following:

"Ojalá estés bien" es un deseo pero con un tanto de incertidumbre. Se desea que la persona esté bien pero probablemente no sea así. Generalmente se utiliza cuando alguien experimenta o experimentó algun desafío o infortunio y no se tienen muchas noticias (en el momento) del estado real de las cosas o del resultado del desafío.

"Ojalá estés bien" is a desire but with a little uncertainty. I wish the person is fine but probably he's not.. Usually It is used when someone is/was passing some challenge or misfortune and we don't have enough news of the real state or result about the issue.

"Anita, ojalá estés bien viviendo en tu nueva casa en Australia"

"Anita, I hope you're fine living in your new home in Australia"

"Anita, ojalá estés bien. Me enteré que perdiste tu empleo la semana pasada."

"Anita, I hope you're fine. I heard you lost your job last week"

"¿Piensas que Anita te llamará mañana? - No lo sé, ¡¡OJALÁ!!"

"Do you think Anita will call you tomorrow? I don't know. I hope so!!"

El !Ojalá! proviene del árabe law sha'a Allah (Si Dios Quisiera). He visto personas que pronuncian incorrecamente como "ojála" (o-JA-la)

"Ojala" comes from arab law sha'a Allah (If God Wish). I saw (and heard) people with bad pronunciation: o-JA-la instead o-ja-LA.

PD: Thanks Heidita for your suggestion.

korso, lee tu PM, tu nombre, luego arriba a la derecha - 00494d19, Nov 25, 2011

:'( no entiendo. ¿Qué es un PM? - korso_cl, Nov 25, 2011

please help this member with corrections in English, thanks:) - 00494d19, Nov 25, 2011

l fixed some really small mistakes, hope you don't mind :) BTW your English is really nice! - 00b6f46c, Nov 25, 2011

Yes, Lovely, but what about his Arabic? The phrase that I've heard is "In sha'a Allah". - samdie, Nov 25, 2011

Answer 2

Hi and welcome to the forum.

As Qfreed says, don't forget the tildes on your "está" and "esté."

Also, you'd use the subjunctive, as Kiwi says:

(Espero/Ojalá/Quiero) que estés bien.

Answer 3

Korso_cl said:

"Ojala" comes from arab law sha'a Allah (If God Wish). I saw (and heard) people with bad pronunciation: o-JA-la instead o-ja-LA.

l believe that "Ojala" comes from Arabic, but it means ''Oh Allah'' = Oh God, this is used when praying, to sorta call God and then wish for something, or ask him to do something. (P.S: Arabic is my native tongue)

Please ignore my earlier comment/question. On the other hand, it seems to me I've heard many Arabic speakers say "In sha'a Allah" (which I take to mean "If God wills it."). - samdie, Nov 25, 2011

We for sure say that all the time Samdie, but ''oh alah'' is also used. - 00b6f46c, Nov 29, 2011

Answer 4

The second one 'este' in the subjunctive mood -

I think that 'que + a wish/desire etc is the shortened form of ojala que or quiero que + a wish/desire for another person.

And when your first clause expresses a wish/desire

(Yo) ojalá que - quiero que etc

followed by a change of subject in the following clause

(tú) este bien

the second clause needs to be in the subjunctive mood because you're not 'declaring' (with the indicative tense) that they are well, just that you wish it were so.

gracias. otra vez! - gustaviteli, Nov 25, 2011

de nada el placer es mío :) - Kiwi-Girl, Nov 25, 2011

None of them are correct if you don't use the tildes. - 0074b507, Nov 25, 2011

tú estés bien - 0074b507, Nov 25, 2011