Translation of simple question

Question

I have the following question in Spanish: ¿Qué te tal te van tus vacaciones?

It seems that it is asking where am I going to go for my vacation, but this might not be right. This is not for homework. It's an example sentence that I want to understand. The main thing that confuses me is the pronouns.

Our site translator did not come up with anything coherent and I can't figure it out either. I think this is a question for a native speaker to answer. - Jubilado, Dec 27, 2015

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"are" the pronouns. - ray76, Dec 28, 2015

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Answer 1

It should be: ¿Qué tal te van tus vacaciones?

"How is your vacation going (for you)?" Note that in Spanish we usually talk about a vacation in plural.

Gracias. - Jubilado, Dec 28, 2015

Yes, I also could not think of any logical reason for the first "te". :) - bosquederoble, Dec 28, 2015

Answer 2

Julian answered the question perfectly. However I want to address the problem that Jubilado and Nickelbackfan are having with "Qué tal"

Literally it's "What such" and makes no sense at all. No more than "How do yo do?" when meeting someone for the first time, (How do I do what? I used to think when when I was first learning English)

Anyhow, "Qué tal" is an expression that can be used all by itself as a greeting to ask someone, "How's it going" "G'day, mate" "S'up, bro?" In Spanish it's the equivalent of "Como estás?" "Qué pasa?" "Qué hubo?" In Mexifornia we use "¿Qué onda?" (which doesn't make much sense either in English)

Dani's General rule for Idioms in any language. THEY DO NOT MAKE SENSE IN ANY OTHER LANGUAGE IF YOU TRANSLATE THEM LITERALLY!! So there!

Soooo, you can add additional goodies to it such as:

¿Qué tal te van las clases? ---How are your classes going for you?

¿Qué tal la prueba? ¿Sacaste una buena calificación?--How was the test? Did you get good grade?

And finally, ¿Qué tal te van las vacaciones? ----How is your vacation going for you?

¿Qué tal les parece esta respuesta? ¿Les gusta? ---How does this answer seem to you all? Y'all like it? Hmmmmmm?

Jubi, I know you read everything, but I want Nikki to get thi info as well. - Daniela2041, Dec 28, 2015

I don't know about Y'all , but for me it was pure perfection , I was able to understand it which is not always easy for an ol poke. Dani I fix that guy you mentioned . Thanks. - ray76, Dec 28, 2015

Besitos y feliz año. - annierats, Dec 28, 2015

Oh I get it now thanks Dani. :) - Nickelbackfan1, Dec 28, 2015

Answer 3

Well I can tell you this mate It is what are you doing on vacation or what are you doing over the holiday but I am not fluent with the language so I could be wrong,I hope this helps you mate.

That's what I think, too, but I can't figure out the presence of "tal". - Jubilado, Dec 27, 2015

I don't know if you'll see this but if you make an error in a comment and catch it right after posting it. You can delete your comment right away, type it correctly and then post it. - Jubilado, Dec 28, 2015

Thanks mate :) . - Nickelbackfan1, Dec 28, 2015

I do not know either, I know tal means such but I do not understand why it is being used. - Nickelbackfan1, Dec 28, 2015